Five men drown in bid to escape police raid


ALOR SETAR: Five men believed to be involved in illegal cock-fighting activities in Merbau Pulas in Kuala Ketil near here drowned after jumping into a river during a police raid.

Four of the men were between the ages of 40 and 50 while the age of the fifth victim has yet to be identified.

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