Suspect under MACC custody died of heart attack, post-mortem shows

The suspect who died under MACC custody yesterday succumbed to a heart attack, a post-mortem has shown.

According to a source, there were no external injuries found on the 68-year-old's body when the autopsy was conducted.

The police have now classified the case as sudden death.

When met at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital, family and friends of the deceased were too distraught to speak to the media.

It was reported that the suspect was detained in connection to a money laundering case linked to mineral mining activities in Pahang and had appeared ill while being interrogated at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya yesterday.

MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki later confirmed that the suspect died while receiving treatment at Putrajaya Hospital.

Azam further pledged to cooperate with the police on the matter.

It is understood that the other two suspects who were arrested alongside the victim in connection with the case were a mining operator and a civil servant. - Mkini