Cable Thief Suspect Killed By Passing Train

KUALA KRAI, May 24 (Bernama) -- A suspected cable thief was killed by a passing train three kilometres from Bukit Abu station at Kampung Baru Slow Pak Long, Dabong, early Monday.

Kuala Krai police chief Supt Abd Rahman Jaafar said the crash at 7.30am sent Amer Yusri Raji, 38, flying about ten metres away.

"Amer died of serious head and body injuries," he told reporters here Monday.

Several rolls of Telekom Malaysia (TM) cables, believed to have been stolen, were found near his body.

The body was sent to Kuala Krai Hospital for a post-mortem before claimed by family members for buria