KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — Police say they recovered DNA samples from a desk chair that killed a 15-year-old schoolboy after it was thrown from a low-cost apartment unit in Pantai Dalam on Monday.
City police chief Commissioner Datuk Mazlan Lazim said samples were collected by crime scene investigators and sent for further analysis.
“We have also recorded statements from 31 individuals including witnesses and residents of PPR Sri Pantai with no arrest made to date,” he said in a statement today.
He said the deceased was brought to Universiti Malaya Medical Centre for a post-mortem examination, but the result was not yet available.
Mazlan then cautioned the public against wild speculation on the matter. He also urged those with information to contact the police.
Police are investigating the incident for murder.
On Monday, S. Satiswaran, a student of SMK La Salle in Petaling Jaya, was killed after the chair struck him on the head as he was walking home with his mother, who was also hit.
He died on the spot.
Those with information should contact investigating officer ASP Firdaus Sharil at 012-3388164/03-90516222 or Brickfields Criminal Investigations Department chief DSP Tony Luggan at 014-6225262.
