Bentong dog lover’s case classified as sudden death by police


KUANTAN: Police have classified the case of an elderly man who died during an operation to catch stray dogs in Taman Saga, Bentong, last Wednesday as a sudden death.

A postmortem carried out at the Bentong Hospital revealed that 85-year-old Law Sei Kiew (pic) died from “respiratory arrest secondary to acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease”, said Bentong district police chief Supt Zaiham Mohd Kahar.

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