Johor police chief Mohd Khalil Kader Mohd said they were still waiting for a full report on the incident.
“Thus far, police have not found any criminal element from the investigations carried out at the scene.
“Initial investigation also found that there were two issues at hand. The first was financial problems and the second, the illness suffered by the wife. However, we are still waiting for the complete report to support this theory,” he said.
He was speaking to reporters after the handing over of the Johor contingent flag to the contingent’s football team in conjunction with the Inspector-General of Police Cup Football Championship 2017 here today.
On Friday, a couple and their two children were found dead at their home at Rini Residence at 2.30pm.
The body of the husband, R. Pubalan, 53, a liquor trader, was found hanging from the ceiling of a room on the upper floor of the house while his wife, P. Jeya, 46, who was diagnosed with kidney-related illness and undergoing hemodialysis treatment, was found dead on a bed near the living room.
The bodies of the couple’s children, P. Sharveen, 14, and P. Krishna, 9, were found in another room.
Meanwhile, Iskandar Puteri police chief ACP Noor Hashim Mohamad said the post-mortem on Jeya found she died due to suffocation.
“There were red spots on the neck muscles, lips and eyes which can be caused by pressing a soft object or cloth to block the airway,” he told reporters at the Iskandar Puteri police heaquarters.
He said the post-mortem on the husband confirmed that he died to to hanging while the post-mortems on the children showed they died due to strangulation.
He said this was consistent with the finding of a small belt at the scene which was believed to have been used to strangle them.
He added that police were still pursuing investigations into the case but so far there were no indications anyone else was involved.
Neither were there any signs of a break-in, he said.
The bodies were sent to the Sultanah Aminah Hospital here for the post-mortems.