PHNOM PENH - A 77-year-old woman from China's central Hubei province died of heart attack in Cambodia's southern Preah Sihanouk province on Sunday while she was spa-ing in a five-star hotel, police said.

The woman was identified as Dong Weicui, who came to Cambodia as a tourist with her husband and children, said Sarath Vichea, chief of the provincial medical examination police bureau.

"The woman died of heart attack at 9:30 am while she was sitting in spa water in the renowned Sokha Hotel," he told Xinhua over telephone. "According to her family, the deceased woman had had heart disease for years before the death."

The family will bring the corpse to their homeland for a funeral, he added.