Suspect who mutilated mother's body after killing her suffered mental problems, say cops


Perak CPO Datuk Mior Faridalathrash Wahid giving a press conference. - RONNIE CHIN/The Star

IPOH: The suspect who chopped his mother into 15 pieces and threw the body parts thrown into a sewage tank is believed to be suffering from mental problems, says Comm Mior Faridalathrash Wahid.

The Perak police chief said the 68-year-old victim’s daughter had lodged a police report a few days back saying that her mother had gone missing.

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