Foul smell leads to discovery of woman and child's bodies in Penang flat
According to The New Straits Times, the discovery was made after a neighbour reported a foul smell coming from the unit earlier in the evening and alerted the authorities.
A team from the Fire and Rescue Department and the police were dispatched to the scene.
'Preliminary checks found two bodies — a woman and a child — inside the unit.
'Their remains were already decomposing,' a source reportedly said.
The identities of the deceased have not been confirmed. The bodies were sent to Penang Hospital for post-mortem examination.
As of now, police have not issued an official statement on the case.
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