SEREMBAN: Skeletal remains, believed to be that of a human, were found in an oil palm plantation at Felda Sungai Kelamah in Gemas, Tampin at about 2.10pm on Monday (April 29).
Tampin police chief Supt Amiruddien Sariman said officers at the Gemas police station were notified of the discovery by members of the public.
“Based on that information, police went to the scene and found a human skeleton from the waist down to the feet in a dry ditch along with a motorcycle.
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“A helmet and belt as well as a human skull were also found...the distance between the human skeleton and the motorcycle was approximately 15 metres, the spinal bones were 10m away and the skull approximately 80m away,” he said.
He said the skeleton and bones were sent to the Tampin Hospital Forensic Department for a post-mortem and DNA test.
The case is being investigated as sudden death and investigations are still ongoing to determine the identity and cause of death.
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