KOTA KINABALU: Followers of a cult here kept the body of their leader wrapped in plastic for 13 months after his death, while praying for him to be resurrected.
The dead man known as Ching Chi Vui @ Ivan, 37, headed the “Benevolent Missionary Association” about which little is known.
Police stormed the house at Taman Kobusak Villa in Penampang on Friday night and found three women, including twin sisters, conducting prayers for their “prophet” to come back to life.
It is learnt that he had told his followers not to bury him on his death as he would come back to life.
Police remained tight-lipped over the bizarre discovery but it is believed that the body was badly decomposed but neighbours had not complained of a foul smell.
Instead, police had only received complaints on the chanting of prayers late into the night.
It is learnt that police have detained the three women aged between 26 and 44 from Tawau for questioning and are waiting for a post-mortem report on the cause of Ching’s death.
His body was found wrapped in plastic and placed in the centre of the living room of the house while the women were inside another room.
Ching is believed to have rented the house from a Tawau-based doctor and had apparently not paid rental amounting to about RM20,000. Electricity and water had also been cut due to non-payment of bills.
According to neighbours, they could always hear chanting of prayers from the house in the darkness but saw very little movement of people.
It is learned that an irate resident lodged a police report on Wednesday over the prayers held in darkness and this led to the police checks and the discovery of the body.
The walls were also plastered with all types of religious words written in Chinese.
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