SUNGAI BULOH: The decomposed bodies of a man and woman has been found in a river near Desa Coalfield here.

District OCPD Supt Shafa'aton Abu Bakar said a member of the public made the discovery.

"We received a call at around 4pm. Once the police arrived at the scene, they found two bodies.

"The bodies have been identified as one female and one male and we believe that they had been deceased for more than two weeks," she said.

A combined team from the police and the Fire and Rescue Department was deployed to retrieve the body.

She added that the police have reason to believe that the victims were killed in separate areas.

"The bodies have been sent to the Sungai Buloh Hospital and a post-mortem will be conducted on Sunday (Jan 27)," she said.