Korean Hangs Self in Beach Resort

NAGA CITY---THE REMAINS of a Korean national still lies at the JL Espiritu Funeral Homes at the poblacion of Pasacao, Cam. Sur after the foreigner had committed suicide at a local beach resort in the said town last July 1, the Cam. Sur Police office here reported last July 6.

The Local police bared that according to the Koji's Beach Resort care-taker, Francia Magsino Barrameda, 28, the Korean indentified as Seung Hwan Kim, 66, was found with a nylon cord tied around his neck and hanging inside his rented cottage at the said resort in Barangay Caranan in this town.

Barrameda told police investigators that earlier Kim was always saying "how nice and hospitable the residents in the locality are."

She added that a day before he was found dead, he requested an errand, that of buying him a nylon rope.

Kim was reported to have rented a room in the Pasacao resort for the last 15 days before taking his own life.

The police and local officials in the Pasacao have made efforts to notify Kim's family and the Korean Consulate in Manila concerning the unfortunate incident involving the said Korean national. (SONNY SALES)