While this was certainly an unfortunate event, one issue that has not been addressed fully is: why was the flight diverted to KUL? Examination of Great Circle Mapper suggests that the likely track would have been substantially to the north, and BKK, HAN or other airports would have been much closer.. See:
Great Circle Mapper
If the diversion was to KUL for ops convenience reasons (as suggested by A300Man), this would seem to imply that there was no question but that the pilot was verified to be completely dead.