Malaysia

Woman dies after allegedly receiving traditional treatment

Police say 51-year-old practitioner detained to aid probe into death

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 28 Jul 2022 12:59PM

Woman dies after allegedly receiving traditional treatment
Police say the 41-year-old woman was said to have fallen unconscious in the living room of the house in Pandan Perdana, Kuala Lumpur after the treatment. – Pixabay pic, July 28, 2022

KUALA LUMPUR – A woman died after allegedly receiving traditional treatment at a house in Pandan Perdana here, yesterday.

Ampang Jaya Police chief Mohamad Farouk Eshak in a statement said the 41-year-old woman was said to have fallen unconscious in the living room of the house after the treatment.

“Police received the distress call about the incident at 6.35pm and the victim was pronounced dead by the paramedics.

“Following that, the traditional medicine practitioner, a 51-year-old woman, was detained to facilitate further investigations,” he said.

Farouk said an initial investigation found that the victim had frequented the house over the past week. – Bernama, July 28, 2022

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