A Korean national lost his life after falling from the second floor of a hotel in Barangay Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City at dawn Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024.
The victim, Gunhee Kim, 27, single, succumbed to severe injuries to his body.
Based on the CCTV footage of the establishment, the victim climbed and descended from the second-floor railing several times until he accidentally fell, according to Police Senior Master Sergeant Wilson Malnegro, investigator of Lapu-Lapu City Police Station 2.
The victim’s friends, who are also Koreans, said they had been drinking with Kim before the incident.
The victim was rushed to the ARC Hospital in Barangay Agus, Lapu-Lapu City, where he expired a few moments later.