A 71-year-old man hanged himself in his home, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday.
The statement identified the deceased as a local man surnamed Ho.
According to the statement, the Judiciary Police received a report from the Fire Services Bureau (CB) at 2:08 p.m. yesterday about the case, which occurred in a flat in Patane district.
The statement said that Ho’s son tried to contact his father through WeChat at around 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. yesterday. Without any response, the son decided to go to his father’s home, where he found that his father had hanged himself with a scarf, the statement said. He immediately called the emergency services.
According to the statement, PJ officers discovered marks on Ho’s neck. An initial examination of the body by PJ officers showed that Lam had no injuries that could have been caused by foul play, nor were there any signs of a struggle found at the scene, the statement said.
No suicide note was found at the scene, the statement said, neither was the suspected reason for suicide disclosed.
The statement said that a post-mortem examination will be performed.
