KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 23 -- A tuition teacher was found dead in a pool of blood with slash wounds on her neck and arms in a shoplot at Jalan Chung Ah Ming, Taman Hoover in Ipoh yesterday evening.

Ipoh district deputy police chief Superintendent Mohamad Sajidan Abdul Sukor said the 53-year-old woman's husband lodged a report about the discovery at 5pm.

Police found the woman's body on the floor of the second level of the shoplot, which was used as a tuition centre, according to Berita Harian.

"There were slash wounds on her neck and arms, and a folding knife was found near the body.

"She is believed to have died less than six hours before her body was discovered," he said.

Mohamad Sajidan said investigations found no evidence of foul play ...