KUCHING: A man was found hanging in a room at his house at Mile 12 Penrissen Road here on Thursday, in an apparent suicide.
The body of the deceased, a 40-year-old surnamed Liew, was discovered around 5.30pm by family members who checked on him when he did not emerge from his room.
Police were called to the scene to investigate and later had the body sent to the Sarawak General Hospital for a post-mortem.
Family members declined to speak to reporters as to what may have caused Liew to take his own life. The incident has been classified by police as sudden death, pending the result of the post-mortem.