Man dies of heart attack after sentencing

 By Olivia Miwil - December 8, 2020 @ 5:27pm

The 42-year-old man known as Hadirun was charged under Section 15(1)(a) Dangerous Drug Act 1952. He had just been sentenced to six months' jail on a drug charge and ordered to be deported upon completing his sentence. - NSTP/JUWAN RIDUAN.

KOTA KINABALU: An Indonesian national collapsed in the magistrate's court after his sentencing and died of a heart attack.

He had just been sentenced to six months' jail on a drug charge and ordered to be deported upon completing his sentence.

The 42-year-old man known as Hadirun was charged under Section 15(1)(a) Dangerous Drug Act 1952.

According to a police statement, when the judgment was read out at about 10.57am today, the man fainted.

"The court contacted the medical services and an ambulance took him to the Queen Elizabeth hospital.

"At 12.06pm, it was informed that the man had died. His cause of death is believed to be heart attack," it said.