Kuala Lumpur police chief Fadil Marsus said the investigation was launched after the 22-year-old student’s mother lodged a report saying her daughter had been bullied.

The student was found dead early on Wednesday morning at Taman Melati in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur. An autopsy determined the cause of death to be multiple injuries due to falling from a height, Fadil said.

There were no elements of foul play at the location, and police had classified the case as one of sudden death.

At 1.57pm, the victim’s 53-year-old mother lodged a police report saying her daughter had been the victim of bullying at a university.

Fadil also confirmed a report was received about the death of a 21-year-old man who had similarly fallen from a residence in Taman Melati at 9.35pm the same day. No elements of foul play were found and the case had been classified as sudden death.

Under recent amendments to the Penal Code, the use of “threatening, abusive or insulting words or communication”, as well as threatening, abusive or insulting acts with intent to cause harassment, distress, fear or alarm to a person is made an offence, punishable with up to three years’ imprisonment, a fine or both.

The two deaths are believed to be of students of Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology.

Berita Harian reported that the woman was found dead in a back lane of a condominium, believed to have fallen from the 22nd floor, while the male student, who was found dead later that night, is believed to have fallen from the topmost floor of the condominium, which has a cafeteria.

The two incidents are understood to be unrelated despite occurring on the same day and involving students from the same university.

The university management has expressed condolences to the families and said it had extended support to the family and friends of both students. It added it is carrying out an internal review and will continue cooperating with the authorities.

However, an alumni group has called for the resignations of two members of the university staff and for the establishment of a 24-hour suicide helpline as well as a zero-tolerance policy on bullying and harassment, with transparent disciplinary action.

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