Seven Indonesians arrested after man’s body found stuffed in car boot

KUALA LUMPUR: A man's body was found stuffed inside his car's boot at Jalan Tugu here early Monday (Aug 29).

The man's legs were bound with a cloth while his face and ears had visible wounds.

Two police Mobile Patrol Vehicles (MPVs) had tracked down the car at Bulatan Hishamuddin near Bank Negara at about 6.30am on Monday.

Kuala Lumpur police chief Comm Datuk Azmi Abu Kassim said three men and a woman had alighted from the car and ran towards a nearby rail track.

"Police personnel inspected the car and found the body inside the car's boot. Initial investigations revealed that the car was being used for e-hailing registered under the name of a man, whose address is at Bandar Putra Permai, Seri Kembangan, Selangor," he said when contacted on Monday.

Comm Azmi said the victim is a local in his 50s.

As of 4.30pm, Kuala Lumpur police had arrested seven Indonesians.