
KUALA LUMPUR: Two university students plunge to death 14 hours apart from the same condominium in Setapak on Wednesday.
In the first case, a 22-year-old female student of Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology fell from the 22nd floor in Block B at 6.30 a.m., while a male student fell from Block A at 8.30 p.m.
Th female student’s father, identified as Ho, lodged a police report alleging that the daughter, a third-year public relations student who is graduating end of this year, could have been a victim of bully.
He said the daughter and her three other classmates were in the same group for a project and she had been verbally abused for several months for not doing a good job.
Ho said the daughter had confided to her sisters.
She had tried to jump from a highrise a week ago but was saved by two housemates and a security guard.
Ho said the daughter’s friend even told her that “we don’t believe you will jump (from highrise) building.”
The daughter left a note apologizing to family members and bade them farewell.
In the second case, the male was found dead at the basketball court on the ground floor.
Police are still investigating the second case.
In a statement, Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology issued a statement confirming both were students of TAR UMT.
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