Contractor dies after falling six floors from PKNS building

SHAH ALAM (Bernama): An air-conditioning contractor died after falling from the sixth floor of the Selangor State Development Corporation (PKNS) building in Kuala Selangor, near here Saturday (Dec 1) morning.

Kuala Selangor district police chief Supt Md Asri A Wahab said in the 10.30am incident, the victim known as Gan Han Boon, 40, was found lying prone and bleeding outside the main lobby of the building.

"The victim died at the scene and the body was sent to the Tanjong Karang Hospital for post-mortem," he said in a statement here Saturday.

According to Md Asri, the victim was repairing air-conditioning units at the sixth-floor of the building prior to the incident.

He said the post-mortem result found that the victim died due to severe injuries following a fall from height. The case has been classified as sudden death. – Bernama