Elderly man chokes to death while eating dodol

Sudden death: Santhaletchmy showing a picture of her husband K. Sanmugam who died after eating dodol on the first day of Hari Raya.

MALACCA: The case of a 67-year-old man who choked to death after eating dodol went viral on social media.

The Star office here received several calls to verify the authenticity of the death certificate for K. Sanmugam which listed the cause of death as tercekik makan dodol (suffocated after consuming dodol).