FIVE more fatalities from floods in seven states were reported yesterday, bringing the death toll to 37 deaths, said Inspector-General of Police Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani today.

The five new reports involved four adults and a child.

Acryl Sani said two more people were reported missing yesterday, pushing the total number of missing persons to 10.

A total of 68,341 flood victims from 18,080 families have been housed at 396 temporary evacuation centres nationwide, he added.

“A post-mortem will be done on all victims to determine their actual cause of death,” he told a press conference in Taman Sri Muda, Shah Alam, Selangor.

“We have yet to receive the reports. I believe the post-mortems have yet to be completed.”

He said each death case is based on reports made by family members or heirs.

“For police, every death must be reported. Investigation papers will be opened as sudden death.” – December 23, 2021.