Man claims jewellery missing from dead Covid-19 patient, family given wrong body

Editor's note: This story has been updated with the man's lawyer stating that the jewellery items were later returned.

A man filed a police report yesterday after jewellery belonging to his mother who died of Covid-19 went missing at Tuanku Jaafar Hospital in Seremban.

T Narenthiran, 31, claimed that on Sunday, when he and his sister brought the deceased to the emergency department after the latter had fever and difficulty in breathing, she was wearing a set of jewellery.

They include a gold necklace, a pair of gold earrings, three bracelets, and...