Kuala Lumpur police chief Rusdi Isa said a relative of Jordan Johnson-Doyle identified the victim based on a tattoo on his body.

“We confirm that the body is that of the person reported missing on June 2,” he said in a statement.

Rusdi said police were informed at 4.30pm yesterday that the body of a man was found in an elevator shaft on the ground floor of a construction site in Bangsar.

An autopsy held today revealed that the cause of death was a chest injury resulting from a fall from height.

“No criminal elements were found at the scene. The case has been classified as sudden death.”

He urged the public against speculating on the case and called for those with information on Johnson-Doyle’s death to come forward and assist in the investigation.

Johnson-Doyle was believed to have gone to Healy Mac’s Irish Bar in Bangsar on May 27 for a pub quiz, based on a photo he sent to his mother, Leanne Burnett.

According to the UK’s Daily Mail, Johnson-Doyle was on a solo tour of Southeast Asia and had been backpacking in the region.

The software engineer had arrived in Malaysia from Vietnam on May 17, working remotely while travelling across the region.