SEPANG: A 20-year-old male Chinese national studying at a private university in Sepang was found dead in his dormitory room this morning.
Sepang district police chief Assistant Commissioner Norhizam Bahaman said they received a distress call at around 6.20am, reporting that the student had experienced shortness of breath and subsequently lost consciousness.
“Initial investigations found no criminal elements or foul play involved in the incident,” he said in a statement.
The deceased was taken to the forensic unit of Serdang Hospital for a post-mortem, which was conducted at approximately 3pm the same day.
“Results of the post-mortem determined the cause of death to be pulmonary thromboembolism due to right deep vein thrombosis,” Norhizam said.
The case has been classified as sudden death (SDR).
Police extended their condolences to the family of the deceased and urged the public not to speculate on the case.
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