GUA MUSANG: A bear is believed to have desecrated a freshly buried corpse at the cemetery in the Orang Asli settlement of Pos Balar here.
Villagers believe that a bear that was seen nearby had dug up the grave and eaten part of the corpse, leaving the 100 villagers in fear.
The gruesome discovery was made on Dec 26 by Mazlan Aluij, 50, a resident of Kampung Dakoh in the settlement.
He took his five children to visit the grave of his wife, Amek Along, who had died on Dec 1.
He suspects that the bear is the culprit.
“I came across the animal lurking behind my house, which is about 300m from the cemetery. It had tried to pounce on my pet dog, but let out a roar and ran away upon hearing my shouts,” he told Bernama.
Mazlan has reported the matter to the police and the Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan).
On Dec 29, it was reported that villagers of Kampung Perawas, also in Pos Balar, spotted a bear looking for durians in an orchard in the village, close to their homes.
