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KUALA BERANG (Bernama): The decomposed body of a man believed to have died about three weeks ago was found in a four-wheel drive (4WD) vehicle at an oil palm plantation in Cherang Nibong, Ajil, near here , Friday night (Nov. 13) afternoon.
Hulu Terengganu OCPD Deputy Superintendent Mohd Adli Mat Daud said police received a call about the discovery of the body around 5 p.m. Friday and a team was dispatched to the scene.
“The decomposed body of the man was found in the driver’s seat. From initial investigations based on the condition of the body, the man is believed to have died about three weeks ago.
“We have identified the victim as a 31-year-old man from Kampung Tok Randok, Ajil. However, further investigations are underway and the body will be taken to the Forensic Unit of Hulu Terengganu Hospital for an autopsy,” he said when meeting at the location here on Friday.
Mohd Adli said that based on checks carried out on the vehicle, the deceased was believed to have been a suspect who had fled in the vehicle from the Ajil police station three weeks ago.
“Three weeks ago, the owner of the 4WD vehicle, who is also the brother-in-law (of the deceased), had taken him to the Ajil police station in connection with a drug case, but fled with the vehicle while his brother-in-law was inside the station. “, said.
Meanwhile, Yusoff Mat Noh, 60, who found the body, said he had seen the deceased in the vehicle at the same location on Tuesday (November 10).
“The vehicles that pass through this oil palm plantation are normal, so I thought there was nothing wrong when I saw the man in the car Tuesday night.
“I thought I was resting in the driver’s seat. However, this afternoon, while looking for my cow, I found that the man was in the vehicle in the same place with flies swarming,” he said. – Bernama
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