KOTA KINABALU (ANN/THE STAR) – The lifeless body of a 36-year-old woman, who failed to reach her workplace after leaving for work, was discovered in Sabah’s Lahad Datu district on the east coast.
Family members found her half-naked body, showing signs of being bludgeoned and slashed, in a banana farm in Kampung Pisang.
Police have not ruled out the woman, who is a foreigner and a mother of five, was raped.
Lahad Datu police chief Assistant Commissioner Dr Rohan Shah Ahmad said the victim’s employer contacted her family when she failed to turn up at the restaurant where she worked.
The victim’s family members went looking for her and made the tragic discovery. ACP Rohan said a police team rushed to the scene to secure the location for investigation.
He said the victim’s mobile phone was missing and no cash was found in her purse.
The body, ACP Rohan said, was sent to the Lahad Datu hospital for an autopsy.
He said the probe has been classified under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder.
