PASIR GUDANG: The police found the body of a man who was burned to death near a railway track here.
Seri Alam OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Sohaimi Ishak said they received a call from a member of the public over the discovery of the body at 4.20pm Thursday (Oct 15).
He said officers from the Seri Alam police district contingent and the Criminal Investigation Department of the Johor police contingent went to the scene to conduct investigations.
“They found a burned body near KM22.50 -KM22.75 of the Kempas-Pasir Gudang railway track," ACP Mohd Sohaimi said in a statement.
He said investigations revealed that the body was that of a man without any identification documents.
ACP Sohaimi stated that the body was sent to Pasir Gudang Hospital on Friday (Oct 16) for a post-mortem examination, adding that the cause of death was severe burns.
“The case is classified as a sudden death report (SDR)," ACP Sohaimi said.
He called upon those with information on the case or who have lost a family member to call the investigating officer Sergeant-Major Khairul Azwan Awang at 019-916 6331 or go to the nearest police or call the Seri Alam police district contingent hotline at 07-388 3422.
