KUALA LUMPUR: A contractor and his son, who were arrested by police following the death of an excavator driver at Ukay Perdana on Tuesday, were remanded for a week yesterday to assist in police investigations.
Ampang Jaya deputy police chief Supt Mohd Azam Ismail said today a post mortem carried out on the 64-year-old excavator driver by the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Hospital (HUKM) yesterday showed that the victim had died of “multiple blunt force trauma”.
He said investigations are ongoing to ascertain how and what had led to his death.
The victim who was a worker of the 56-year-old contractor was found dead with severe head and body injuries near a retention pond of the Department of Irrigation and Drainage at Jalan UP3/1 on Tuesday evening.
Earlier, the contractor and his 35-year-old son who is also an excavator driver had lodged a police report at about 1.30pm on Tuesday claiming they had tried contacting the victim earlier but to no avail.
The duo claimed that on searching for the victim, they found his partially buried body at the site.
Police urged those with information to contact the investigation officer of the case ASP Shahrul Nizam at 019-8032684 or the nearest police station.
