KULAIJAYA, Aug 2 — Local daily The Star reported today that PLUS Bhd maintenance workers came across bags at KM21 along the North-South highway only to discover they contained the body parts of a man hacked into pieces.
According to The Star, one of the workers opened one of the bags after noticing a foul smell to find a severed head and other body parts.
It appears that the victim, who had stab wounds on the back of his body and neck, had been murdered at a separate location before being dumped by the highway.
The victim is believed to be aged between 30 and 40.
Dismembered corpse in Kulai
Kulaijaya OCPD Supt Ruslan Khaled said his officers received a report from PLUS at around noon.
”We have yet to identify the victim. We believe that he was murdered about a day or two days ago,” he added, as reported in The Star.
He added that the body parts had been sent to the Hospital Sultanah Aminah for a post-mortem.
“We have formed a special task force to identify the suspect or suspects behind the incident,” he told The Star, adding that the case was being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder.
Anyone who may have witnessed anything strange near the area or have any information pertaining to the incident is urged to contact the Johor police hotline at 07-221 2999 or visit the nearest police station.
