Dr Wong Kar Lin was killed when the landslide struck his house at 8.36am yesterday, while his wife and mother-in-law managed to escape. (Bernama pic)PETALING JAYA: The doctor who died in a landslide yesterday at Taman Seri Rambai, Paya Terubong, Penang, succumbed to blunt force injuries to the chest and traumatic asphyxia, according to the post-mortem findings.
Timur Laut police chief Abdul Rozak Muhammad said the post-mortem on Dr Wong Kar Lin, 73, conducted at Penang Hospital’s forensic department last night was completed at 3am today.
“The post-mortem report confirmed that the causes of death were blunt force injuries and traumatic asphyxia,” he was quoted as saying by Bernama after inspecting the landslide site today.
