TELUK INTAN – The decomposed body of a woman found at the traffic light junction in Jalan Tambun, Ipoh yesterday most likely belongs to an individual reported missing in the city earlier.
Perak police chief Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri said police were still waiting for DNA results to identify the victim, adding the victim most likely died several days before.
“Investigations also lead to the possibility that the victim was killed elsewhere and her body dumped there, so a special team formed for this case will investigate this further.
“We will investigate why she was murdered and where it happened, and it will be done in accordance with Section 302 of the Penal Code,” he said when met after at the opening of the Taman Angkat Amanita PDRM Perak 2022 programme in Taman Pelangi near here today.
The victim, aged 23, was reportedly last seen going to work in a factory in Jelapang, near Ipoh, last week and did not return.
It is understood that the family identified the body based on the tattoos on the hands and fingers, as well as the handphone and clothes on the victim.
Yesterday, the media reported that a woman’s body had been found in a bush, after police received information about a car that had crashed into a drain.
When police arrived at the scene of the crash, they found the decomposed body in a bush about 2km from the crashed Proton Iswara Aeroback driven by a man. – Bernama, October 13, 2022
