Boy, 14, found hanged apparently for missing his grandmother

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KUCHING: A 14-year-old student was found dead hanging from the ceiling in an apparent suicide at a village along Jalan Puncak Borneo early yesterday morning.

Earlier on Christmas Day night, the boy had joined family members in a Christmas gathering at his grandmother’s house.

His grieving family members when met at the hospital said the boy had acted normally prior to his death.

They believed his suicide could have been related to the death of his grandmother a few days earlier.

He was taken care of by his grandmother since he was very young and was very close to her.

According to sources, one of the cousins saw him taking a rope from the kitchen and going upstairs to his bedroom around 12am.

Around 1am, another cousin went inside the bedroom to look for him and saw his body hanging from the ceiling.

The cousin immediately called family members for help to bring down the body.

A police report on the death was made yesterday morning.

The teen’s body was already placed in a coffin ready for the funeral when the police came to the house to meet the family and to investigate the case.

The family was told that the body had to be sent to the hospital for a post-mortem as required by law.