Police seek public assistance to identify decomposed body

The police are looking for the next-of-kin of a girl whose decomposed body was found near the Bintang Hijau rest area in Sungai Rui on Feb 6.

District police deputy chief DSP Mohd Sohaimi Ishak said the remains, believed to be that of a girl aged between 10 and 17, with height of 147cm, shoulder length curly hair and a chipped front tooth.

He said the maggot-infested body was found by a Bangladeshi grass-cutter in an undergrowth at Km24 Jalan Gerik-Kupang at around noon on Feb 6.

"The post-mortem at the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hopital in Ipoh revealed that the cause of death was due to blunt force trauma to the chest, head and legs," he said in a statement today.

Mohd Sohaimi urged those with information on the case to contact the investigation officer Inspector Mashezreen Jamsari at 05-7912222. - BERNAMA