BATU PAHAT: A charred human skeleton was discovered inside a burnt four-wheel drive (4WD) pickup truck at Batu 3 cemetery on Jalan Yong Peng, Ayer Hitam near here.
Batu Pahat OCPD Asst Comm Shahrulanuar Mushaddat Abdullah Sani said police received a report on the burnt vehicle from a local man.
“The burnt pickup truck was discovered by a 45-year-old man working as a grave digger at 1pm on Thursday (Feb 27),” he said in a statement.
ACP Shahrulanuar said a forensic pPathologist from the Kluang Hospital Forensic Department together with the police had revisited the site again on Friday (Feb 28) to conduct further investigation.
“Autopsy done by the pathologist at Sultanah Nora Ismail Batu Pahat Hospital found the body was 100% burnt and cause of death is classified as severe burn – charred body,” he added.
ACP Shahrulanuar said the police will investigate the case as a Sudden Death Report (SDR).
