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Australian found dead in Bali four-star hotel
An Australian man named Mack David Sansom, 31, was found dead in the garden of a four-star hotel near Kuta, Bali on Friday night at around 9 p
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n Australian man named Mack David Sansom, 31, was found dead in the garden of a four-star hotel near Kuta, Bali on Friday night at around 9 p.m. local time.
'From initial investigations at the crime scene, we did not find anything suspicious. We allege that the victim committed suicide,' South Denpasar Police chief Comr. Nanang Prihasmoko said on Saturday.
He said that according to a member of staff at the hotel, the victim looked troubled when they had met in the lobby, around 30 minutes before he was found dead.
'The staff member said the victim told him he had heard loud bird sounds around his room. He also said he couldn't sleep because of the sound, but there were no birds at the hotel. It seemed that the victim was hallucinating,' Nanang said.
He said according to CCTV footage in the corridor in front of Sansom's room, the victim had repeatedly entered and exited his room. The footage also showed no-one else had entered Sansom's room.
Nanang said the police had not found any drugs or alcohol in the hotel room.
He added the police would coordinate with the Australian Consulate and the victim's family to obtain a permit to conduct an autopsy.
Sansom was holidaying in Bali alone. He had checked in at the hotel on Sept. 8 and was due to check out on Saturday.
