Thu, 18 Jul 1996

KL executive dies of exhaustion

MEDAN, South Sumatra: A Malaysian tourist was found dead in a room of Hotel Parapat of the Simalungun district on Tuesday.

The deceased, Tech Chin Gee, 20, a supervisor at a large Malaysian company, was in the hotel to attend a meeting in the tourist town of Parapat.

In the middle of a meeting Tech reportedly said he felt slightly dizzy and excused himself to go to his room to rest.

When Tech did not reappear after a while his entourage members went to his room, only to discover Tech dead in the bathroom.

Tech's body is at the Pirngadi Hospital awaiting a postmortem. The Parapat Police precinct is investigating the case, Antara reported. (14)