KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 -- A landlord said he was alerted to a foul smell and extremely dirty conditions inside a rented unit in Taman Impian Indah here, which eventually led to the discovery of a suitcase containing the body of a woman believed to be a Nepalese tenant.

He said he had been unable to contact the tenant on several occasions, prompting him to check the property himself, Harian Metro reported today.

"After I went in, there was a foul smell and the house was very dirty. I then found the suitcase," he said when met on Saturday.

The landlord, who declined to be named, said he believed the deceased was the woman who had rented the unit for about three months, and who had been living there with a man.

He also claimed rent paymen...