Picnic turns gory with the discovery of decomposed body

A weekend retreat to Pantai Baru Penarik near Merang, here today turned gory for several visitors with the discovery of a decomposed body near a resort here today.

Setiu District Police Chief DSP Elias Abu Bakar said, the public alerted the police when they found the body at 5.30pm about 100 metre from the resort.

The remains were sent to Setiu Hospital for post-mortem.

The case was classified as sudden death.