PETALING JAYA: Yong Jia Yein, the 34-year-old woman who went missing last week and was found dead yesterday, had died from suffocation, according to police.
Kuala Selangor police chief Azharudin Tajuddin said an autopsy revealed the cause of death as suffocation due to a lack of oxygen in an enclosed space, Utusan Malaysia reported.
The case remains classified as sudden death.
Her body was handed over to her family this morning.
Yong was last seen leaving her home at Pelangi Utama Condominium here in her car on Jan 29, the first day of Chinese New Year.
Yesterday, police found her lifeless body inside a grey car at the parking lot of Remis beach in Jeram, Kuala Selangor.
The car’s doors were locked and firemen had to pry the doors open to remove the woman’s body.
Initial investigations revealed no criminal elements or physical injuries.