Legal options explored in bauxite drowning tragedy

State Women, Family Development, Multimedia and Communication committee chairman Datuk Shahaniza Shamsuddin (left) consoling the parent of one of the victims of the bauxite drowning tragedy. — filepic

KUANTAN: The Pahang Land and Mineral Office will refer the case in which three children drowned in a disused bauxite mining pool in Taman Sungai Karang Jaya to the public prosecutor's office.

Its director Datuk Nazri Abu Bakar, when contacted, confirmed the matter but refused to comment further.