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Average rate in 1990 of 10.33 suicides per 100,000 people drops to 7.24 in 2021

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 — Parents, teachers, and students must remain vigilant for warning signs of distress and proactively offer empathetic support to those who may be contemplating suicide.

FLORIDA, Oct 24 — A Florida mother has sued artificial intelligence chatbot startup Character.AI, accusing it of causing her 14-year-old son's suicide in February, saying he became addicted to the company's service and deeply attached to a chatbot it created.

KUALA PILAH, Oct 6 — A man was found dead by the roadside after he stabbed his father to death at a house in Kampung Senaling, Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, yesterday afternoon.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 31 — A total of 317 cases of attempted suicide among teenagers and adults have been successfully resolved as of July 20 since the Mental Health Crisis Helpline (HEAL) initiative was introduced in 2022.

BANGKOK, July 17 — Initial forensic investigation has revealed that six people who were found dead in a hotel room in Ratchaprasong yesterday involved cyanide, according to the Thai police.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 16 — Two people were charged in the Sessions and Magistrate’s Courts here today with communication offences related to the death of social media influencer A.

GOMBAK, July 13 — The police received a report from the mother of social media influencer A.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 — The Mental Health Crisis Helpline, HEAL 15555, has received over 48,000 calls related to suicidal behaviour from 2022 until June this year, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said.

PUTRAJAYA, March 22 — The government is focused on ensuring that individuals with mental problems, including suicidal, are given treatment rather than punishment, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Legal and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.

LONDON, Jan 1 — Google and Amazon must act after a British woman made a suicide pact with two people she met online and used the internet to buy the poison that killed her, a coroner has said, reported PA Media/dpa.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 — Three individuals were found dead at their apartment in Kampung Baru Ampang, and are suspected to have committed suicide.

HONG KONG, July 6 — Hong Kong-born American singer Coco Lee died at 48 on Wednesday (July 5) following a suicide attempt that left her in a coma, Lee's two sisters, Carol and Nancy Lee, said in a statement posted on Instagram and Facebook.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 — The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) will not protect or hide its personnel involved in any form of criminal or drug-related misconduct, said Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain.

IPOH, Aug 18 — Two brothers, both senior citizens, were found dead at a house in Jalan Mohamed Naseh here this morning in what police believe was a murder-suicide.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 — Two children were killed while another boy was grievously injured after they were thrown off from a 20-metre flyover by a man believed to be their father at the Middle Ring Road 2 (MRR2) in Kepong this morning.

SHAH ALAM, May 13 — The Selangor Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) takes seriously suicides and suicide attempts in the state, as there were 38 cases throughout this year as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 — Malaysia will invest more to improve the digitalisation of mental health services with the usage of technology to expand the reach.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) is developing the National Suicide and Fatal Injury Registry Malaysia (NSFIRM), which is expected to be ready in 2023, the Dewan Negara was told today.