York boy dies after falling from hotel

Thursday, 31 Jul, 2012 0

A nine-year-old boy from Yorkshire died after falling from a hotel window while on holiday with his mum in Malaysia.

Matthew Hamer, who lived in York, is believed to have tumbled from the hotel in the capital, Kuala Lumpur.

The Foreign Office confirmed a British national had died in KL, but said no further details would be released as the death involved a child.

Both the boys’ parents are academics who have been closely involved in studying the rainforests in Sabah, Malaysia.

The boy’s mother Professor Jane Hill is the associate head of department of Biology at York University and his father Dr Keith Hamer is a member of the Faculty of Biological Sciences at Leeds University.

Both parents are understood to be still in Malaysia.

 

 

By Linsey McNeill



 

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Editor Linsey McNeill has been writing about travel for more than three decades. Bylines include The Times, Telegraph, Observer, Guardian and Which? plus the South China Morning Post. She also shares insider tips on thetraveljournalist.co.uk



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