06/08/2014

Foreign Office Confirm British Deaths In Malaysia

The Foreign Office has confirmed that two Britons have died in Malaysia.

No information who the people are or how they have died has yet been released.

According to reports, it is thought that they died in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

The Foreign Office have said that they are working with Malaysian authorities.

(MH/JP)

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