Boy, 8, found dead in abandoned car at Labuan workshop

Police say the body was discovered after a mechanic detected an odour while trying to move the vehicle.

Labuan police identified the deceased as a Bajau boy with no personal identification documents.

LABUAN:

 An eight-year-old boy was found dead inside an abandoned car at an industrial area in Kampung Muslim here this morning.

Labuan police chief Hamizi Halim said they received information about the discovery at 9.10am after a mechanic detected a foul smell while attempting to move a car that had been left at a workshop since June.

“Initial inspections at the scene found the body of a boy inside the vehicle. The mechanic detected the foul smell at about 8.45am before discovering the remains,” he said in a statement to Bernama.

A medical team arrived at 10.26am, and the body was taken to Labuan Hospital for a post-mortem.

Hamizi identified the deceased as a Bajau boy with no personal identification documents.

He said police were gathering witness statements and reviewing nearby CCTV recordings.

“At this point, no criminal elements have been detected,” he said. - FMT