16 bodies found during Klang River flood mitigation project
Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the bodies were found under various circumstances, including during river cleaning, riverbed dredging, and routine patrols by maintenance teams and enforcement agencies.
"Post-mortem examinations found no identifiable criminal elements, as the bodies were already in a decomposed state when discovered," he said in a written reply in response to Kuala Langat member of Parliament Datuk Dr Ahmad Yunus Hairi.
Yunus had asked the Home Minister to clarify the total number of bodies found and the steps taken to determine any links to the deaths.
It was previously reported that at least 10 bodies, including that of an infant, have been discovered during ongoing flood mitigation works along the Klang River under the Selangor Maritime Gateway (SMG) initiative.
Landasan Lumayan Sdn Bhd (LLSB) managing director Syaiful Azmen Nordin was reported as saying that the discoveries were not isolated incidents, with remains being found almost monthly since river deepening and widening works commenced on Nov 1, 2022.
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