A man’s body, burnt nearly 70%, was found by members of the public beside the Kempas-Pasir Gudang railway tracks in Johor on Thursday.
Seri Alam police chief Assistant Commissioner Mohd Sohaimi Ishak said police received information about the discovery at 4.20pm near the railway line between kilometre 22.50 and kilometre 22.75.
Following the report, a team of officers from the Seri Alam district police headquarters, together with forensic personnel from the Johor police contingent’s Criminal Investigation Department, went to the scene to conduct further investigations.
Initial investigations found that the deceased was a man who had no identification documents and had suffered burns covering nearly 70% of his body.
Mohd Sohaimi said the body was subsequently taken to Pasir Gudang Hospital for a post-mortem.
The post-mortem, conducted today, found that the cause of death was severe burns.
He added that the case had been classified as sudden death (SDR).
