A Japanese national on Thursday was found dead hanging from a bridge inside the Clark Freeport Zone.
Mabalacat City police chief Lt. Col. Abraham Abayari said the fatality was positively identified by his Korean co-worker as Takeoka Kazuki, a 42-year-old Japanese engineer billeted at a room in the Clark Freeport Zone, in Mabalacat City, Pampanga.
The CDC PSD Command Center at Clark Freeport Zone said they were informed of the incident and interviewed Yim Seungchan, 29, a Korean co-worker of the victim at Texas Instruments located inside the Clark Freeport Zone,
Both foreigners are temporarily staying at the hotel.
Yim told police the night before the incident, they went to their own room and agreed to meet at 8am the next day in the hotel lobby to go to work together.
However, the Kazuki did not show up at the lobby and at work until he was later found dead hanging from the bridge.