A man was found dead with his mouth gagged and feet bound at a condominium in Sri Hartamas today, in what the police suspect to be an act of sadomasochistic sex.

A security guard found the nude body of the 47-year-old victim - whose genitals were wrapped in cloth - at the Windsor Tower condominium at 12.17pm and telephoned the police.

The police have classified the case as murder.

In a statement in Kuala Lumpur today, Brickfields police chief ACP Sharul Othman Mansor said a University Malaya Medical Centre pathologist who examined the body at the condominium found the man could have died from "violent sex".

He said earlier, the victim's father had tried to contact him several times but failed.

He then asked the owner of the condominium unit to meet his son.

"The owner went to the victim's unit yesterday but failed to meet him. He returned today with three friends and a security guard to look for him at the unit.

"When they broke open the door, they found the victim dead," said Sharul Othman.

It is learnt that except for the lift and lobby, there was no closed-circuit television camera at the condominium block.

- Bernama