Cops take statement from person who found murder victim along highway


KUALA LUMPUR: Police here have recorded the testimony of a witness who discovered the body parts of a murder victim stuffed into a black suitcase at KM 447 of the North-South Expressway near the Rawang Selatan interchange near here on Tuesday (Jan 17).

Without revealing further details, Sungai Buloh district police chief Supt Shafa'aton Abu Bakar said a statement from the person who found the body was recorded at 4.30pm on Tuesday.

"In addition, the results of a post-mortem on the body showed that the deceased was a man who was not a Malaysian citizen. Death was caused by multiple injuries, blunt and sharp. Police are still trying to identify the deceased,” he said when contacted by Bernama on Wednesday (Jan 18) night.

On Tuesday, body parts were discovered near and inside a black bag (at KM 447) on the PLUS Highway near the Rawang Selatan exit.

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