A foreign national has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife and daughter, whose bodies were discovered in a drain behind an abandoned building near Pekan Simpang Kuala yesterday.

Kota Setar district police chief Siti Nor Salawati Saad said police were informed about members of the public chancing upon the bodies of a girl and a woman at 5.04pm.

“Investigations revealed that the two victims, aged 10 and 34...