Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan said further information, including the victim’s identity, will only be disclosed in the morning. “We will contact the family first before further information is shared with the public,” he told reporters.

Hussein held a meeting with the pathology team, the chemistry department, Bukit Aman police fingerprint division, and ontology (dental) experts from the health ministry to discuss the progress made in the identification of the victims.

Inspector-General of Police, Razarudin Husain, had previously said the process of managing the remains of the victims was expected to be completed on Monday at the earliest.

On Thursday, a Beechcraft 390 aircraft crashed near Bandar Elmina in Shah Alam, Selangor, killing 10 people, including Pahang local government, housing, environment and green technology committee chairman Johari Harun.

The crash claimed the lives of six passengers and two crew on board the business jet, plus a motorist and a motorcyclist on the Guthrie Highway.

The ill-fated plane was on its way from Langkawi International Airport to the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang and had been cleared to land at 2.48pm. It was believed to have crashed two minutes later.