Dungun police chief Maizura Abdul Kadir said the body had already started decomposing and the clothes on the corpse were ripped, Harian Metro reported.

She added that the victim was a man but his identity remained unknown.

“The victim is believed to have died more than a week ago, based on the body’s decomposition. For now, the case has been classified as sudden death,” Maizura said.

The body was taken to Dungun Hospital for further investigation.