Passersby in Shah Alam stumbled upon a horrifying scene near Taman Sri Orkid—a dead body concealed in the trunk of an abandoned car, according a report by Malay Mail.
This disturbing discovery has led to a police investigation and subsequent arrests of suspects.
On the afternoon of July 4th, unsuspecting individuals made a chilling discovery along a roadside in Shah Alam. Prompted by a call received at approximately 3:25 p.m., the police were alerted to the presence of a dead body.
Passersby had stumbled upon a black Honda City car with a body wrapped in a plastic sheet placed in its trunk. Shockingly, the car had been abandoned at the location for approximately two to three days.
Authorities identified the victim as an Indonesian man. The circumstances surrounding his presence in the abandoned car and the motive behind the crime remain under investigation.
Following the discovery, the police wasted no time in apprehending suspects related to the case. Four individuals, all in their 40s, including one Indonesian woman, were arrested near the scene of the incident at around 7 p.m. on July 4th.
The identities and specific roles of the suspects are part of the ongoing investigation.
Law enforcement agencies are actively investigating the case, aiming to establish a clear motive for the crime. Preliminary findings indicate that jealousy may have been a key factor leading to the murder.
The police will delve deeper into the connections between the suspects and the victim to uncover the truth behind this heinous act.
The case falls under Section 302 of Malaysia’s Penal Code, which pertains to murder. If found guilty under this section, the offenders could face the death penalty.
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The decomposing dead body of a woman was found inside an abandoned suitcase by a man at a bus stop near Kulai Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
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The Johor police have classified as murder and are investigating it under Section 302 of the Malaysian Penal Code; they are appealing for members of the public with information to come forward, according to a statement by the Kulai police shared on Twitter.
On Wednesday (12 April), the man who discovered the dead body, had came across the luggage at an abandoned bus stop near the Kulai TNB in Johor and called the police for help at about 1.50 pm, according to a report by Bernama.
The police and forensic investigators subsequently arrived at the scene but had difficulty determining the victim’s identity and cause of death because the body was already at an advance stage of decomposition, according to a report by The New Straits Times.
Superintendent Tok Beng Yeow, the police chief of Kulai, said that the body was 50% decomposed and covered with maggots, and it was then sent to the Sultanah Aminah Hospital for examination.
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The pathologist at the hospital determined that the deceased was a woman at least 25-year-old and believed to have been dead for about 2 weeks.
She was also found with an injury under the skin of her skull.