Cops classify Bentong elderly man’s case as sudden death

POLICE have classified the case of an elderly man who died during an operation to catch stray dogs in Taman Saga, Bentong, last Wednesday, as a sudden death.

Bentong district police chief Zaiham Mohd Kahar said a post-mortem carried out at the Bentong Hospital here revealed that the cause of death of the 79-year-old man was “respiratory arrest secondary to acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease”.