Circumstances when a post-mortem is required


PETALING JAYA: A post-mortem in medico-legal cases where a death had occurred under suspicious, violent, unexplained or unnatural circumstances will be conducted upon orders from the police, according to the Health Ministry’s standard operating procedure for forensic medicine.

“If forensic post-mortem examination is required by the police for the purpose of their investigation, the Borang Permintaan Pemeriksaan Mayat, Polis 61 Pindaan 4/68, shall be issued by the investigating police officer.

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