KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 -- A 35-year-old woman was injured after falling from the balcony of her fourth-floor apartment in Cheng, Melaka, following an argument with her husband yesterday.

The incident occurred at around 8am when a neighbour found the victim lying on her back below the apartment block and alerted the police.

Melaka Tengah District Police Chief Assistant Commissioner Christopher Patit said the neighbour reported hearing a loud thud before discovering the woman.

Preliminary investigations found that the woman had been at home with her 33-year-old husband at the time.

"Her husband, who works as a lorry attendant, admitted to a verbal dispute with his wife before she fell," Patit said in a statement.

The couple, married in...