The fire department assisted in opening the vehicle door and the victim was pronounced dead by the medical team from the Kajang Hospital
KUALA LUMPUR: A man in his 50s, who had not been contactable by his family since Tuesday, was found dead inside a car by the side of Jalan Impian Mahkota 1, Kajang late last night.
Kajang district police chief ACP Naazron Abdul Yusof said his team received a report regarding the discovery of the victim in the driver’s seat of a Perodua Axia car at 11.29 pm.
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He said the inspection found that the vehicle’s engine was not running while the car doors were locked from the inside.
“The fire department assisted in opening the vehicle door and the victim was pronounced dead by the medical team from the Kajang Hospital,” he said in a statement today.
Naazron said the victim had previously been reported unreachable by his family since Oct 20.
He also said that so far, the preliminary investigation did not find any elements of crime and the case was classified as sudden death (SDR).
“Further investigations are still being conducted to identify the cause of the incident, and an autopsy will be carried out to determine the cause of death,” he added.
In this regard, he urged anyone with information related to the incident to contact the investigating officer Inspector Shisheewady Ruzani at 016-8565670 to assist with the investigation.