MONDAY-10TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2007-MAN SURVIVES FALL FROM BUILDING

Man survives fall from building
KOTA KINABALU:
Another local man is believed to have jumped down from a building in Damai on Saturday evening, jut three days after a businessman leapt to his death in the area. Hamzah Ismail, 27, suffered serious injuries and was put under observation at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The victim, believed to be a RELA member, was said to have jumped from the third floor of a building in an attempted suicide around l1.l5pm. His condition has become stable. Police are still waiting for him to regain consciousness to record a statement from him. A security guard on duty, who claimed to have witnessed the incident, said the man was unconscious and barely breathing after he landed on the road.
On Wednesday, a 61-year-old businessman, believed to be suffering from depression, died on the spot after jumping from the fifth floor of a building there. The businessman from Taman Friendly was said to have become depressed after learning his wife had cancer. He decided not to wait for her wife to die before him and took his own life.