3 Detained Over The 2 Dead Men Found In Car Boot At R&R Area.

IPOH: Police are investigating whether the case of the two dead men found stuffed in a car boot in Alor Pongsu rest and recreation (R&R) area of the North South Expressway, was due to a kidnap attempt which gone awry.
 Perak Criminal Investigation Department chief Datuk Mohd Dzuraidi Ibrahim said Perak and Penang police are jointly investigating the case. He said the disappearance of Ting Liong Chin, 28, from Sabah, and Seu Hong Chee, 19, from Muar, Johor, was reported to the police by their friends. "While Penang police is investigating the case for kidnap, Perak police is investigating the matter under murder," he told a news conference at the state police contingent here today.
 Mohd Dzuraidi said Penang police had picked up three men, between 20s and 30s to assist in investigations over the gruesome find. "One of the victims had his head covered in plastic while another victim was strangled," he added, noting that the victims had no previous records. While Ting's body was identified by his wife, Seu's body was identified by his siblings at Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun mortuary at 11.30am today.
 Post mortem that was conducted on Friday evening found Ting's cause of death was due to suffocation and Seu was strangled to death. It was reported that police made the find after a strong stench and flies swarming the boot of a Proton Waja, which was left at the southbound R&R since Thursday. Asked on the relationship of the two victims, Mohd Dzuraidi said both are friends.
 "We are still investigating if the car was a stolen vehicle," he said, adding that nothing suspicious were found in the car. He urged those with information on the case to contact the nearest police station. Meanwhile, at the mortuary, a close relative of Seu said the family made a missing person's report after he failed to contact the family. "He is very close to his mother and would call her every two days," said the relative of Seu, who is the youngest child of four siblings.
 The relative said Seu worked as a salesman at a hardware shop. "He was transferred to Penang a few months ago after the company at opened a branch there," he said, adding that his parents had yet to come to terms over their son's death. Ting's family was too distraught to speak to reporters.