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Monkey kills Malaysian man with coconut
http://news.24.com/News24/World/Australasia/0,1113,2-10-36_1065214,00.html

13/08/2001 07:51

Kuala Lumpur (dpa) - A Malaysian man who rented a trained monkey to 
pluck coconuts was killed when the macaque dropped a coconut on his 
head from a tree, a news report said Monday.

Mamat Kundur, 59, was killed instantly in the accident, which 
occurred Saturday at his coconut plantation in a village in 
northeastern Kelantan state.

The New Straits Times daily newspaper said Mamat had gone to his 
small plantation to gather the plucked coconuts when he was hit by 
the falling coconut.

He had earlier hired the monkey from its owner to pluck the coconuts. 
Malaysian villagers frequently capture macaques from nearby jungles 
and train them to pluck coconuts.