Tag - Sudden Death

Sungai Buloh Prison inmate dies in hospital

SUNGAI BULOH: A 37-year-old inmate from Sungai Buloh Prison died on Sunday (Oct 27). Sungai Buloh OCPD Supt Mohd Hafiz Muhammad Nor stated that a prison warden reported the incident. The inmate was transported to Sungai Buloh Hospital due to health complications and was pronounced dead while receiving treatment. A post-mortem conducted on Tuesday (Oct 29) confirmed there...

Teen killed after falling 20 storeys from Setapak shopping mall

KUALA LUMPUR: Tragedy struck a Kuala Lumpur shopping mall in Setapak on Thursday (July 25) when a 16-year-old boy died after a fall from the 20th floor of the building. According to Sinar Harian, Wangsa Maju OCPD Asst Comm Mohammad Lazim Ismail, reported that the incident was first brought to their attention at 8.39pm. "The victim, a...

Climber collapses, dies 200m from Mt Kinabalu summit

KOTA KINABALU: A local man fainted during his attempt to climb Mount Kinabalu and was later pronounced dead in Sabah’s hill district of Ranau, some 100km from here. The 52-year-old man, who was climbing with his wife, was within 200m of reaching Malaysia’s highest peak when he collapsed on Tuesday (June 11). Ranau police chief Deputy Supt...

Woman found dead in JB hotel room

JOHOR BARU: A local woman has been found dead inside a hotel room here. Johor Baru south OCPD Asst Comm Raub Selamat said police received a report about a 40-year-old woman who was found unconscious inside the hotel room at around 3.30am on Sunday (March 17). "A medical officer from the Sultanah Aminah Hospital emergency and trauma...

Victim fell asleep in car without opening windows, say Ipoh cops

IPOH: The woman found dead inside a car parked at the parking lot of the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital on Tuesday was sleeping in the backseat without opening the car windows, say police. Ipoh OCPD Asst Comm Yahaya Hassan said the woman was taking care of her ill father who was warded at the hospital. “She had...

KK police awaiting autopsy report on woman’s body found at Likas Bay

KOTA KINABALU: Police are waiting for a post-mortem report on a 61-year-old woman who was found dead at the Likas Bay beach here to establish cause of death. Though they did not find any evidence of foul play, police said they could not speculate. Kota Kinabalu acting police chief Supt Kalsom Idris said the autopsy report was...

Skeletal remains of man found near Putra Heights LRT station

SUBANG JAYA: Workers have discovered the skeletal remains of a man near a LRT station here. Subang Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Wan Azlan Wan Mamat said that the workers were performing maintenance at the Putra Heights LRT electrical substation on Thursday (Nov 9) when they made the gruesome find. The remains were found in some shrubbery below...

Nine-year-old girl chokes to death on rambutan

KUANTAN: A nine-year-old girl choked to death on a rambutan on Monday (Aug 21). Maran police chief DSP Norzamri Abd Rahman said the victim, Nur Iman Fitriah Muhamad Nizam, was pronounced dead at the Pekan Tajau Health Clinic in Maran at about 8pm. The doctor at the clinic extracted a rambutan from the victim’s mouth before sending...