KUALA LUMPUR: No criminal element has been found in the death of a 76-year-old woman whose body was discovered in her house on Jalan Pandan Indah, Ampang, on Friday (June 13).
Ampang Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Azam Ismail said this finding was based on a post-mortem, and the case has been classified as a sudden death report.
"The post-mortem was carried out at Hospital Kuala Lumpur on Saturday (June 14), and the results confirmed that no criminal elements were involved,” he said in a statement issued early Sunday (June 15).
He added that police received a report from the public about a foul smell coming from a two-storey terrace house in Pandan Indah at about 6.30pm on Friday.
Media reports said a resident had noticed a strong odour coming from the woman's house since Monday (June 9).
It is understood that the woman had recently returned home after spending Aidiladha in her hometown. – Bernama
