Indian tourist dies after falling from hotel's third floor

An Indian tourist died after falling from the third floor of a hotel here Tuesday.

Manjung police chief ACP Tengku Mohd Zailan Tengku Ahmad Shah said the 7.30am incident was witnessed by a friend of the tourist.

He said the deceased, Balwinder Singh, 45, had been visiting Malaysia with his friend since March 20 while waiting for an agent to the handle their visa applications to go to the United States to work there.

Mohd Zailan said Balwinder Singh suffered fatal head and body injuries.

"No arrests have been made. The case has been classified as sudden death and the body has been sent to the Seri Manjung Hospital for post-mortem," he said.