JOHOR BARU: A 43-year-old man has been found dead at a pedestrian bridge near a school along the Pasir Gudang Highway here.
Johor Baru South OCPD Asst Comm Raub Selamat confirmed that the body of a local man was found at about 8.54am on the bridge next to a secondary school on Monday (Jan 5).
“Preliminary investigations did not suggest any criminal element, and the case has been classified as a sudden death.
“The victim’s body has been sent to the Sultanah Aminah Hospital for further action,” he said in a statement here.
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