Boy dies after falling from 14th floor of Kota Kinabalu hotel

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    ANN/THE STRAITS TIMES – Wailing cries of heartbroken parents awoke residents at a hotel in Kota Kinabalu city in Sabah, Malaysia, when their 12-year-old son was killed after falling nine floors from the hotel room they were staying in yesterday. It was learnt that the family was staying at the hotel’s 14th floor, and the boy’s body was found on a fifth-floor veranda.

    The state Fire and Rescue Department’s assistant director of operations said it was informed of the incident at around 6.44am and sent a team.

    He said the boy’s body was later handed over to the police for further action.

    The cause of the incident is under probe.

    Firefighters and officials attending to the case. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES