A Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) lecturer was found dead in a room at the university’s Faculty of Applied Science early today.

Shah Alam district police chief ACP Shafien Mamat said the body of Associate Professor Dr Zaini Hamzah, 61, was found in a lying position in a locked room at 2.30am.

“The auxiliary police (at the university) was informed by the university that a lecturer is trapped in a room and a policeman on duty went to the location and found the room locked.

“The policeman entered the room through the ceiling and found a man in a lying position and he was unconscious,” he said in a statement today.

Shafien said the body was sent to Shah Alam Hospital for post mortem.

Meanwhile, UiTM vice-chancellor Professor Emeritus Datuk Dr Hassan Said described Zaini as a dedicated lecturer and his passing was a big loss to the university.

“Our condolence to his family,” he said in a statement here.