Woman found dead with knife stuck in her neck


BUTTERWORTH (Bernama): The body of a Myanmar woman was found with a knife still stuck in her neck at her rented unit on the 19th floor of an apartment block in Butterworth, here on Monday (Dec 16).

North Seberang Perai (SPU) OCPD Asst Comm Noorzainy Mohd Noor said the body of the victim, Yoon Hati Htike, 29, who worked as a clinic’s assistant, was found in the main room of the apartment after her landlord opened the door to the unit when she did not turn up for work for the past three days.

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