Foreigner arrested in connection with bodies found in Kedah drain


ALOR SETAR: A foreign national has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife and daughter, whose bodies were discovered in a drain behind an abandoned building near Pekan Simpang Kuala on Monday (Aug 19).

Kota Setar district police chief ACP Siti Nor Salawati Saad said that police were informed about the bodies of a girl and a woman being found by members of the public at 5.04 pm.

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