MELAKA: A 21-year-old woman is believed to have committed suicide by jumping from an 18th floor apartment unit of a hostel at Bukit Beruang here, yesterday.
It is said she took her own life upon suspecting her boyfriend of having an affair with another woman.
Melaka Tengah district police chief Assistant Commissioner Afzanizar Ahmad said the body of the woman, who was a student at a university here, was found sprawled on the ground floor by her friends.
Afzanizar said the woman died on the spot due to severe injuries in the 1.30am incident.
"One of the woman's friends said they had met her earlier at a house to talk about her boyfriend.
"However, an argument broke out when she suspected her boyfriend of having an affair with another woman. She then immediately ran away, leaving the group at about 1am," he said when contacted today.
Afzanizar said her friends went out looking for the woman and later found her body behind Block D of the apartment complex.
He said police found a pair of slippers and spectacles near a wall at a staircase on Block D's 18th floor.
"Her body was brought to the Melaka Hospital for a post-mortem. The case has been classified as sudden death."