Thursday, September 28, 2006

Guard kills self at Japanese Embassy in Cambodia

Thursday September 28, 2006

(Kyodo) - A Cambodian security guard committed suicide inside the Japanese Embassy in Phnom Penh, police officials told Kyodo News on Thursday.

Ty Bunleng, 48, was found dead at 7 a.m. by his colleagues during a shift changeover, the police said.

He apparently jumped to his death from a 20-meter-high water tank on the premises, according to the police.

A preliminary investigation indicates that the motive for the suicide was related to a family dispute.

Embassy staff declined to disclose any details of the matter, saying only that an investigation was under way.

Ty Bunleng reportedly had been employed at the embassy since 2002.

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