KUALA LUMPUR: The “golden statue” that was thrown into a jungle along the Karak Highway has been identified to be the body of a 33-year-old restaurant owner-cum-money changer who is suspected to have been murdered.
Police, who refused to reveal personal details of the deceased, have yet to establish the motive for the killing.
The deceased is said to operate a restaurant in Imbi Plaza and several money-changing outlets throughout the city.
Ampang police chief Asst Comm Abdul Jalil Hassan said the deceased’s 30-year-old wife has been identified as the main suspect.
The woman, an Indian national, left the country for India with her eight-year-old daughter on Friday.
A 30-year-old man who helped her to dispose of the body thinking it was a golden statue, was picked up to assist in police investigations yesterday.
“We believe he can shed more light into the case and we also do not rule out the possibility that there could more people involved in the murder,” he said, adding the man operates a restaurant in Penang.
“We have contacted Interpol and our counterparts in India to track down the woman. We are also checking with the Immigration Department on records of her departure,” he said.
ACP Abdul Jalil said the post-mortem of the body would be conducted today at Kuantan Hospital to ascertain the cause of death.
Last Thursday, the 30-year-old man was asked to dispose of a bag by the woman who promised to pay him RM100.
He collected the “golden statue” from the woman’s apartment in Pandan Mewah, Ampang and threw it in a jungle along the Karak Highway without opening it.
However, after considering that the statue was made of gold, the man returned to the jungle at about 5pm to collect it and bring it back to Penang.
That was when he opened the bag and found the body.
The man, who was frightened over the discovery, fled the scene and lodged a report on Saturday at the Bentong police station.
Police who went to the woman’s apartment found the unit’s interior had been wiped clean with bleach and repainted.
The couple’s Nissan Grand Livina MPV was towed away and dusted for fingerprints.
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