Search underway for 11-year-old boy who fell into monsoon drain


KUALA LUMPUR: The search is underway for an 11-year-old boy who was swept away by strong water currents while he was attempting to retrieve a ball from a monsoon drain near his primary school in Kg. Melayu, Ampang on Wednesday.

It is learnt that Khairul Azrid Abdul Razak was playing sepak takraw with his friends at around 4pm when the ball fell into the drain.

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