Police constable found shot in colleague's home

SIBU: A police constable was found dead in a house rented by his colleague in Lorong Permai Timur 9, Taman Permai here yesterday.

Sibu police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit, when contacted late yesterday, said the victim, identified as Norhalim Tumiran, 25, was found slumped on a sofa in the house with gunshot wounds to the head.

According to him, the deceased, married with a child, had just moved into a transit house at the Sibu police headquarters after completing his basic training as a policeman and went to the house, which was rented by two of his colleagues, before the breaking of fast to play computer game.

He said a preliminary report on the incident had been sent to Sarawak police commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail and the State Criminal Investigation head SAC Lukas Aket.

-- BERNAMA