SANDAKAN, Aug. 26 -- Ten people, including two believed to be the main suspects, have been detained following the discovery of a 62-year-old woman's decomposing body inside her house in Tanah Merah, Jalan Leila, here.

District Police Chief ACP George Abd Rahman said the woman, believed to have been living alone, was found with her hands tied behind her back and her head covered with a piece of cloth inside the house's toilet.

He said police were alerted at 8.10pm on Aug 19 after a foul smell was reported coming from the two-storey wooden house.

"Police arrived at 8.45pm and found the body of a woman in the toilet, with her hands tied behind her back and her head covered with a cloth," he said.

The victim is believed to have died sever...