KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 — Private detective P. Balasubramaniam died today of a heart ailment, weeks after returning home vowing to expose the truth behind Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu’s murder in 2006.
Balasubramaniam returned to Malaysia recently after living overseas for a few years. — Reuters pic
When contacted at about 2.50pm today, Balasubramaniam’s lawyer Americk Singh Sidhu confirmed that his client had died.
“He died about 45 minutes ago,” Americk told The Malaysian Insider.
Americk said Balasubramaniam’s wife had called for an ambulance when the former private investigator had a heart attack in his house.
The lawyer said it was too late by the time the ambulance arrived, adding: “He died when he was at home.”
“His body has been taken to the Sungai Buloh hospital,” he said.
Americk confirmed that Balasubramaniam had been warded in the hospital for about a week from March 3, but “went home to rest”.
He said he spoke to Balasubramaniam in the past few days and his client had sounded fine.
“It was very unexpected. I’m devastated... I think he’s probably one of the best Malaysians we had,” said Americk, who was not at his client’s house when the heart attack occurred
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