KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 — A 19-year-old man called police through the MERS 999 emergency line after a dispute with his girlfriend early today, with officers later finding the woman unconscious in a rented room in Kuantan before she was pronounced dead.

Kuantan district police chief Assistant Commissioner Ashari Abu Samah said police received the call at about 4.32am and dispatched officers to a rented house in Jalan Air Putih 2.

“Upon arriving at the location, police found a 19-year-old female student unconscious in a rented room on the ground floor of the house,” he said in a statement today.

“An examination by a forensic specialist from Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital (HTAA) found signs of pressure on the neck. The victim was subsequently pronounced dead.”