Three in family commit suicide due to high cost of living, son survives


  • Nation
  • Friday, 19 Oct 2018

PERLIS: Three members of a family committed suicide Thursday (Oct 18) because they were indebted and could not cope with the high cost of living.

According to police reports, the bodies of a 66-year-old father, a 64-year-old mother and their 35-year-old daughter were found floating in the Kampung Belat Batu river in Perlis.

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