GEORGE TOWN: Police are investigating if there was foul play in the death of a millionaire who is an executive director of a flour mill company in Bukit Mertajam.
Al. Mathivanan Pillai Kr. Alagappan Pillai, who is the executive director of Alagappa Flour Mills Sdn Bhd & Group of Companies, died on Saturday at 6.55am. He was 61.
Acting OCPD Supt Gan Kong Meng said police had initiated an investigation into his death after they received a police report from one of his relatives on the circumstances surrounding his death.
He declined to elaborate details of the report.
It is learnt that Mathivanan was found with burn marks on his body at his Free School Road house on Saturday morning.
A source said his family members rushed him to a private hospital but was then referred to the Penang Hospital.
Mathivanan succumbed to serious burns, the source said.
A family member, when contacted, refuted the claims and said Mathivanan had died of a heart attack instead.
The Bukit Tengah-based flour mill started out as a small backyard business grinding spices 66 years ago.
Popularly known as ‘Curry King’, the company also has established markets in major cities such as Melbourne, London, South Africa and Mauritius.
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