CHUKAI: A nine-year-old boy was found drowned after bathing in a river tributary in Kampung Batu 9, near here.
Kemaman OCPD Supt Hanyan Ramlan said in the incident that happened at about 5.30pm on Thursday, the victim, Muhammad Aman A. Suhimi, was reported to have drowned while bathing at the location with two friends.
“We at the Kemaman district police headquarters operations room received an emergency call from MERS999 informing us about the drowning incident.
“The body was later taken to the Kemaman Hospital forensic unit for further action,” he said in a statement, according to Bernama.
The victim’s father, A. Suhimi Salleh, 58, said his son’s body was found by a farmer in an oil palm plantation, located about 100m from where the victim was last seen. He is believed to have been swept away by the strong current following the rain.
“After the Zohor prayer, I took a nap and at 3pm, my son returned from school and told me that he wanted to play in the water with his friends. That morning he had sports at school. Later, his friend came (to the house) to tell me that Aman had drowned.
“When I arrived at the site, I only saw his slippers.
“Aman and his friends always bathed in the tributary but due to the heavy rain the water was about 2m high,” he said when met at the Kemaman Hospital forensic unit on Thursday night.
