Missing man's headless body found in river, croc attack suspected


Fire and Rescue Dept personnel removing Thein's body from the scene.

SIBU: A man's body has been found with his head and hands missing, two days after he was feared to have drowned in Sungai Lingga, Sri Aman here.

The Sarawak Fire and Rescue Services Department said in its daily update Wednesday (Feb 9) that Myanmar national Thein Wai Maung, 35, was found by villagers at 7.30am some 5km from where he fell into the river on Monday (Feb 7).

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