Missing Orang Asli woman found dead after 6-day search
Police say the case is being investigated as sudden death.
An Orang Asli woman, named Kuang Poh, 73, who had been missing since last Wednesday, was found dead in a swamp near her home in Kampung Lesong, Rompin, Pahang, on Wednesday. The police chief of Rompin, Sharif Shai Sharif Mondoi, announced the discovery of the woman's body by a search and rescue team at 11.50am today. The team located the decomposed body 500 meters from the woman's home.
The cause of death remains undetermined as the body was in a state of decomposition, and the case is being treated as a sudden death. The search for Kuang Poh involved two groups of teams scanning a 5km radius area, aided by drones and the Pahang police headquarters K9 unit. Kuang Poh was last seen fishing in the village's swamp area on September 23.
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