The daughter of a British man who died in Cambodia says she has been left with unanswered questions – and claims the Overseas Workplace is not “doing sufficient” to handle them.
Sonny Suberu, 60, was discovered {dead} within the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh following a fall from the twenty second flooring of his lodge on 26 March.
The retired IT guide and creator from London was on a solo journey by way of South Asia and had travelled the world extensively.
Cambodian authorities say Mr Suberu’s dying was suicide however his daughter Shannon does not consider the police account – and factors out one other man fell to his dying on the identical lodge a couple of weeks earlier than her father arrived.
She advised Sky Information: “[The Cambodian authorities] are saying he is fallen from a roof. Within the pictures that I’ve acquired of my dad, there’s not a bruise to his face.
“He appears in pristine situation. So to me, it simply is not sensible. If you happen to’re telling me you are falling from a 22-floor constructing, your physique goes to be unrecognisable.
“They’ve actually supplied no proof. There is not any CCTV.
“Proper now we do not even know the place his stuff is. The lodge employees are saying the police have it, the police are saying the lodge employees have it.”
Mr Suberu died after falling from a lodge in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh. Pic: TV5 Cambodia
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When requested if the Foreign Office is doing sufficient to reply her questions concerning the circumstances that led to her father’s dying, Shannon mentioned: “I do not consider so.
“My dad was a UK nationwide. He was born and raised right here. The truth that you might have circled and mainly mentioned to me the UK Cambodian authorities suspect no foul play – so there’s actually completely nothing that they will do on our behalf? It is mad.
“How did he fall? Did he fall off the balcony? If he did fall off the balcony, what was fallacious with the balcony?”
Shannon, who lives in Walsall, mentioned her father’s dying has left an enormous void.
“The solar that you simply see outdoors, that’s what represents my dad,” she mentioned.
“He was so energetic. He was energetic. He would by no means maintain a grudge.
“So many individuals internationally have reached out to me with such good phrases.
“It actually breaks my coronary heart. I am solely 24 and I by no means as soon as thought of my dad dying.
“I want solutions as to how and why.”
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A spokesperson for Cambodia’s nationwide police advised Sky Information they didn’t have “something to elucidate about Sonny’s dying” as a result of officers had decided his dying was from suicide.
“In the event that they [the family] have suspicion [about the death], they will file a grievance,” the spokesperson added.
“They’ll get a lawyer to file a grievance so [authorities] can examine. The household of the deceased can file a grievance to get additional investigation.”
The Overseas Workplace says it’s supporting the household and is involved with Cambodian authorities.