The suspects were arrested after a worker at a budget hotel in Taman Mawar informed the police that a woman, believed to be in her 30s, was found covered in blood in the hotel at around 10pm yesterday.

Serdang district police chief AA Anbalagan said the two men, both aged 39, were arrested at 3am today.

“They have been remanded until Jan 6 to facilitate the investigation. The post-mortem will be conducted at Serdang Hospital to ascertain the cause of death,” he said in a statement.

The case is being investigated for murder under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which provides for the death penalty or a minimum imprisonment of 30 years with up to 12 strokes of the rotan.

Anbalagan urged those with information about the case to contact the nearest police station.