Two bodies found in Bukit Mertajam

BUKIT MERTAJAM: The bodies of two men, believed to be foreigners, were found at two separate locations in Jalan Sungai Lembu, Machang Bubok, Thursday.

Penang Deputy CID chief ACP P.R Gunarajan said in the first incident, the decomposing body of a man without his right hand (severed) was found at 10.57am by members of the public.

"The victim, in his 30s, is believed to have been murdered three or four days ago since the body was in a decomposing stage," he told reporters when met at the site.

Gunarajan said no identification documents were found on the victim who was clad in a t-shirt that displayed the words 'Love is Magic', jeans and red canvas shoes while police believe he was killed elsewhere and dragged by two or three individuals before his body was dumped there.

He said the second body was found on the same road about 3km from where the first body was found at 1.30pm but police believe both cases have no connection since the second body had no injury marks.

"We will however, carry out a thorough investigation because it is an isolated road and we want to find out how the victim had come there," he said.

Police have classified the first incident as murder and the second as sudden death. - Bernama