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House break-in in Ipoh turns fatal after suspect found dead following struggle with caretaker

Malaysia Times desk Original: Malay Mail 7/29 10:37 X
House break-in in Ipoh turns fatal after suspect found dead following struggle with caretaker
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 IPOH, July 29 — A 40-year-old local man died after allegedly being involved in a house break-in at Jalan Building Society, Taman Star, here yesterday.Perak Police Chief Datuk...

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Perak Police Chief Datuk Mohd Alwi Zainal Abidin said preliminary investigations revealed that the incident is believed to have occurred at about 5 am when two suspects entered the house through a window that had been forced open, triggering a struggle with the caretaker.

“One suspect is believed to have escaped, while the other was found unconscious and was pronounced dead at the scene. A post-mortem examination later determined that the cause of death was a blocked coronary artery,” he said in a statement today.

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Malay Mail
Originally published
Jul 29, 2026
Updated here
Aug 15, 2026
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