Malaysia
Man in Malaysia slashes open pregnant lover's belly, burns her body twice
After a disagreement with his lover who did not want to cover up her pregnancy, a Malaysian man is suspected to have stabbed her to death before twice setting her on fire to cover his tracks, local police said. The incident was brought to light afte
The incident was brought to light after the discovery of a partially burnt body in an oil palm plantation in Sungai Besar, Selangor, was reported to the police on Tuesday morning.
Images of a woman’s charred body lying on a burnt patch of grass were circulated online.
The police on Tuesday arrested a 20-year-old man, who had just completed his studies at a local college and was allegedly having an affair with the 21-year-old woman, who was a waitress at a local restaurant.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect had driven the pregnant woman to the plantation on Monday where they got into an argument in his car, a Selangor district police chief Agus Salim said on Wednesday, Bernama reported.
The pair had known each other for about a year and the victim was around four months’ pregnant, Mr Agus said, showing reporters a photo of an ultrasound scan taken just five days before the murder.
