SIBU: Datuk Andrew Wong Kee Yew, the former deputy chairman of the Sibu Municipal Council who died on Sunday, suffered a haemorrhage on the left side of his brain, according to the police.
Sibu District Police chief, ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit, said this was gathered during a post-mortem conducted at Sibu Hospital on Monday.
He also said that there was bleeding in the oesophagus, the muscular tube connecting the throat with the stomach.
“However, the cause of death has yet to be ascertained because we are still waiting for further reports from Sibu Hospital laboratory,” he said yesterday.
The police have classified the death of Andrew, 43, the only son of Sarawak Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh, as sudden death.
Andrew was found unconscious on the floor of the dressing room in his bedroom by his mother, Datin Seri Leong Poh Lin, on Sunday night.
He was pronounced dead by medical personnel at about 11pm after efforts to resuscitate him failed.
Andrew contested in the 14th general election in May last year as the Barisan Nasional candidate for Sibu parliamentary seat. He secured 22,389 votes but lost to incumbent Oscar Ling of DAP who polled 33,811 votes in the four-cornered contest. – Bernama
