Eight nabbed in hotel raid after man dies at KL Hospital

KUALA LUMPUR: Police arrested eight people in a hotel raid linked to suspected drug activity following the death of a 31-year-old man brought to Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL).

Brickfields district police chief Assistant Commissioner Hoo Chang Hook said the man, a local, was pronounced dead at HKL’s Emergency Department after being taken from a hotel along Jalan Stesen Sentral.

He said a post-mortem had been completed, with the cause of death pending laboratory results. The case has been classified as sudden death.

“Acting on intelligence, the Narcotics Crime Investigation Department raided the hotel room where the deceased had been staying, at 4am,” he said in a statement today.

During the operation, eight people of various nationalities were detained — two Malaysians, two Singaporeans, and one each from Hong Kong, Vietnam, Indonesia and China.

Police also seized a transparent packet believed to contain 1.5g of ketamine and three pills suspected to be ecstasy weighing 0.7g.

All suspects have been remanded for three days to assist investigations under Sections 12(2) and 15(1) of the Dangerous Drugs Act.

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