A SUICIDE prevention centre has released figures that show a large increase in the number of people who are thinking about ending their lives, with at least 49% of them below the age of 40.

The New Straits Times reported today that 7,446 people had called Befrienders Kuala Lumpur in 2016 expressing their suicidal thoughts caused by depression, broken relationships and cyberbullying. In 2015, 5,739 people contacted the group to seek help over their suicidal tendencies.