Acting Besut police chief Sani Saleh said police received a call from a member of the public who discovered the body at 4.21pm.

“The body was found in an abandoned toilet. The man is believed to have been dead for more than seven days, based on the state of decomposition.

“Preliminary investigations found no sign of foul play at the scene. The case has been classified as sudden death,” Bernama quoted him as saying in a statement.

Sani said interviews with witnesses revealed that the deceased was a person with mental disabilities who had been frequently seen in the area, but had not been spotted for over a week.

“Another witness, believed to be the victim’s older brother, said his sibling had not returned home for the same period, but no police report was lodged,” he said.