The police said an autopsy conducted on the late Ayer Kuning assemblyperson Ishsam Shahruddin found the cause of death to be a heart attack.

“An autopsy conducted at the Penang Hospital Forensic Medicine Department which began at 9pm last night found that the Ayer Kuning assemblyperson died of acute coronary syndrome,” said Northeast District police chief Abdul Rozak Muhammad.

Also present at the Forensic Medicine Department were Ishsam’s wife, Rozlita Abdullah, 55, and their son, Isrul Imadi, 32...