The body of the 35-year-old Saudi woman who died in a parasailing accident in Batu Ferringhi, Malaysia was flown home after her family rejected a post-mortem.
A private jet arranged by the Saudi government took Aldakhilallah Eman Mohamed’s body after the family claimed it at the Penang Hospital mortuary on Saturday.
Ayman Munshi, a Saudi Embassy official, said it was normal procedure for the Saudi government to deploy such jets to bring back the bodies of its nationals.
State Deputy CID Chief Assistant Commissioner Nasir Salleh said a member of the deceased’s family signed an agreement declining a post-mortem on the teacher’s body, adding that the case had been classified as sudden death.
Aldakhilallah’s brother, known only as Abdullah, refused to speak when approached by reporters.
Water sports operator Lim Kek Cheik, 60, who was also at the mortuary, said: “It all went smoothly until it was time to descend. I think she had trouble landing, as she failed to pull a rope to slant the parachute when instructed by my beach boys.”
Cheik said that this was the first fatality in his 38 years as a water sports operator.
Aldakhilallah died on the way to the hospital on Wednesday after plunging about 10 meters into the sea.
Penang local government committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow noted that there were no lifeguards in the area during the accident.
The state government has since suspended the operations of all 23 water sports firms in the state until further notice.
Body of parasailing accident victim flown home from Malaysia
