Police have ruled out foul play in the death of national laureate Datuk Syed Alwi Syed Hassan who was found dead at his home in Kampung Sungai Serai, Kuang, Rawang near here yesterday.

Selangor CID chief SAC II Hasnan Hassan said the post-mortem result released at 11.15am today indicated the 78-year-old Syed Alwi died of head injuries from a fall.

“As he fell, he knocked over a table, causing the pills in the medicine bottles on it to spill onto the ground,” he said when contacted here today.

Meanwhile, Gombak police chief ACP Abdul Rahim Abdullah said a skull fracture near his right ear could have been caused by his head hitting a flower pot as he fell.

“Other injuries on his body were also due his fall; and insect bites as he laid sprawled behind his house for a prolonged time,” he said.
His son Norsham, 27, found him dead outside the kitchen of their home when he got back at 8.30pm yesterday.

He is believed to have been dead for over 24 hours.

Norsham described his late father as a simple, laid-back man who liked to spend time at home.

“On Saturday, when I called home in the morning, we spoke about the English Premier League game. He was a great fan of Arsenal,” he said after the funeral at the Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery here.

“He had a history of stroke the last three years, which is related to a vertigo problem. That is why he was on medication,” he said.

Among friends who came to pay their last respects were Angeline Tan of

Pi Mai Pi Mai Tang Tu fame, Farid Amirul Hisham Abdullah of the hit television series Gerak Khas and thespian Datuk Rahim Razali. — BERNAMA