Man who drank poison rushed to Bau Hospital
BAU: A man, who allegedly tried to commit suicide by consuming poison, was rushed to hospital today (June 19). The incident happened around 10.10am in a car workshop near Wind Cave here. A spokesman from the Sarawak Fire Department operations centre said firemen from Bau station rushed to the scene after receiving a distress call. […]
Suicidal man talked out of jumping from rooftop
KUCHING: A man who wanted to jump off a four-storey building near Batu Kawah New Township here today, was persuaded to change his mind by firefighters. State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre said it received a call around 6.25am about a possible suicide attempt at the place. They said the 34-year-old man was […]
Firemen foils suicide attempt by woman
KUCHING: Firemen managed to persuade a woman in her 40s from attempting suicide at Jalan Simen Raya Bridge, Tabuan Jaya yesterday. Passers-by who spotted a woman standing outside the bridge barrier in a suspicious manner around 10.40am, reported the incident to the Tabuan Jaya fire station. A team deployed to the scene managed to calm […]
MOH records 465 attempted suicide cases from Jan-June
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 465 attempted suicide cases treated at the Ministry of Health have been recorded from January to June this year, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba today. “The total is 210 cases fewer this year compared to 675 cases recorded for the same period last year,” he said when […]
Jilted man threatens to kill himself
MIRI: A woman, in her 20s, lodged a police report last Monday after receiving scary text messages and a picture of suicide rope from her former boyfriend following their break-up. The complainant, a cobbler from Lambir, said in the text messages, her former boyfriend told her he would commit suicide and blamed her for it. […]
Woman in hospital for failed suicide attempt
MIRI: A foreign woman who attempted suicide is currently receiving medical treatment at Miri Hospital. According to Miri police chief ACP Lim Meng Seah, the 34-year-old woman from India attempted to drown herself at the beach at Taman Selera in Tanjong Lobang on Wednesday. “She was later rescued by members of the public who pulled […]
NGO: Help, not punish, those who attempt suicide
KUCHING: Sarawak Community Policing Association (SCPA) is backing the call to decriminalise suicide, echoing Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah’s sentiment. On Tuesday, the Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister supported the proposal, saying that people who attempted suicide should be helped instead of being prosecuted. SCPA chairman Datuk Dr John Lau Pang Heng […]
Get rid of suicide attempt law: Fatimah
KUCHING: Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah supports the idea of removing suicide attempt as an offence from the Penal Code. The Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister said individuals who want to commit suicide should be helped instead of being prosecuted. “They attempt to end their lives because they feel there is no […]
