A woman plotted with her lover, a Nepal national to kill her husband in their own home last Friday, police say.

Hilir Perak district police chief Wan Hassan Wan Ahmad said the 30-year-old woman went to the Hutan Melintang police station in Bagan Datoh to lodge a report.

He said according to the woman, her husband, a lorry driver, was found lying in a pool of blood in the living room of their home in Kampung Mutiara, Batu 10, Jalan Hutan Melintang.

"Investigations found that the man, in his 40s, was killed after he was hit in the back of his head with a blunt object, believed to be a hammer," he said in a statement today.

After investigations were carried out, Wan Hassan said police detained the woman on the day of the incident to help in the investigations, and the lover and her brother, 31, were detained the next day.

"When questioned, the two suspects confessed to killing the victim and we also found the items connected to the murder case.

"The motive of the murder is believed to be the love triangle involving the victim's wife and the Nepali man," he said, adding that he believed the case had been successfully solved.

He added that all the suspects were remanded for seven days, beginning yesterday, under Section 302 of the Penal Code.

Woman found dead

Meanwhile, a woman was found dead in the toilet in her home in the Tambun Flats, Ipoh today.

The victim, Lee Choon Lai, 49, was found on the floor between the toilet bowl and the wall of her toilet, clad only in a blouse.

Ipoh district deputy police chief Mohd Nor Rasid said police were informed about the incident at 1.30pm today by the victim's neighbour.

"Police sought the assistance of the fire brigade to extricate the victim and investigations found her home in a tidy state, without any sign of a struggle," he said in a statement.

Mohd Nor said initial investigations found the victim who was single, had lived in her home for 25 years and had been alone since the death of her parents.

He said according to a neighbour, the last time she saw Lee was on Saturday before she detected a foul smell coming from her home and contacted the police.

Mohd Nor said the victim who suffered from kidney problems and critical-stage diabetes was supposed to get medical treatment at the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital (HRPB) on Nov 30, but did not do so.

The case has been classified as sudden death and the victim's body has been sent to the (HRPB) for a post-mortem.

- Bernama