KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — A local man was detained to assist in an investigation on the finding of a woman’s charred body in a secondary school in Bandar Tun Razak here yesterday.

Cheras police chief, ACP Muhammad Izham Jaafar said the suspect in his 30s was arrested at 6pm yesterday at the location of the fire.

"The charred victim, 25, was identified as the book shop supervisor at the school and the body was handed over to Hospital Canselor Tunku Muhriz UKM for a post-mortem,” he said in a statement here today.

Muhammad Izham said the case is being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder.

The woman was found charred in a fire at about 6pm at the school’s Living Skills Workshop.

A spokesman of Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) said a fire engine with eight personnel and an Emergency Medical Rescue Services (EMRS) unit were dispatched to the location after being informed of the fire.

According to the spokesman, the woman’s body was discovered after the fire was put out. — Bernama