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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 25 — Federal police are to investigate how a picture of a 20-year-old student who set himself on fire on Saturday made its way to blogs and social networking sites. Ironically, pictures of the charred remains of the student found on the balcony of his home were taken only by the police. A Bukit Aman spokesman said: “This is about control of information within the force and an internal investigation will be conducted.” The spokesman said only the official police photographer was allowed to take pictures. “The student’s father had warned police to be careful with the pictures as he did not want a repeat of the incident where the video of AmBank officer Norazita Abu Talib, who was shot dead during a robbery on October 23, went viral,” said the spokesman. The student, who returned home for a holiday on November 9, is the son of a corporate figure. Separately, the youth’s mother yesterday made an impassioned plea to stop the spread of the photo. “We request to the public and media to co-operate and show respect during this painful time,” she pleaded. She found her son on the balcony of the family condominium in Taman Tun Dr Ismail at 4am. Police sources said interviews with friends of the deceased told a story of desperation. The first-year economics and political studies student at the University of Otago in South Island, New Zealand, was believed to have made a dancer there pregnant. The police were told that student paid a large sum of money for the abortion which the dancer did not agree to. Among the items found near his body was a handphone — where one of the last text messages sent to a friend read: “See you on other side”. Police also found a poem stored in the victim’s pendrive of an implied message of his intention to die. Brickfields police chief ACP Muhammad Azlee Abdullah said a personal problem led to his death.
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