KOTA TINGGI: A man was found dead near a Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) substation along Jalan Besar Felda Adela.
He is believed to have died while attempting to cut electrical cables at the substation, police said.
District police chief Superintendent Yusof Othman said police were alerted at 6.46am to an unconscious man lying at Km 21 of the road towards Sungai Rengit.
The man was found about 20m from the roadside and near the substation.
Several tools, including a hoe, cordless grinder, metal hammer, pipe wrench and headlamp, were found near the substation.
"He is suspected to have died while attempting to steal electrical cables," Yusof said in a statement today.
The man's identity has yet to be confirmed, while the cause of death remains under investigation.
The body was taken to the Kota Tinggi Hospital forensic unit for a post-mortem.
The case has been classified as a sudden death report.
Yusof urged anyone with information about the incident, or whose family member is missing, to contact Adela police station chief SM Muhammad Aliff Syah Abdullah at 013-7426353.
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