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KOTA KINABALU: Police here have started their investigation into the death of a 56-year-old man whose body was found along the Kota Kinabalu-Beaufort railway line on Saturday (November 22).
Beaufort OCPD Deputy Superintendent Azmir Abd Razak said the victim, identified as Sabiri Idong, a local kadazan, was found dead on the 62nd Mile of the Kota Kinabalu-Beaufort rail line on Saturday afternoon.
He said the victim sustained serious neck and chest injuries and is believed to have been hit by a train.
DSP Azmir said the 47-year-old conductor of the train on the line was unaware that he had struck anyone along the train track until the Beaufort station chief informed him that a body had been found near the Holagilat station.
DSP Azmir said investigations showed that the train conductor had left Beaufort station for Holagilat at 1.30pm and dropped off passengers before making the return leg around 3pm.
“At approximately 4 pm, while with his back to his home after work, the Beaufort stationmaster informed him that a body had been found on the tracks near Holagilat.
“The train conductor told the police that he did not see anyone on the tracks during his trip to Holagilat and back,” DSP Azmir said.
He said another railway conductor, Binjod Boilil, who was driving the smaller Sharvo train from Holagilat to Beaufort, saw dogs around the body on the tracks and immediately reported it to the station.
A police report was filed at 5.15pm on Saturday.
He said police were investigating the case as a rail accident, but did not rule out other possibilities.
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