Three people drown in separate incidents in Kelantan

Dangers of the job: Civil Defence personnel Azuan Danial, 20, being led to safety by his colleagues after he almost drowned during a search operation in Pantai Tok Bali, Pasir Puteh.

PETALING JAYA: A six-year-old boy drowned in the sea off Bachok while rescuers continued the search for two youths swept away by strong waves at Pantai Tok Bali in two separate incidents in Kelantan.

The body of Nik Abd Aziz Al-Fathoni Abdul Halim was found at Pantai Irama at 7.15am yesterday, about three kilometres from where he was believed to have drowned.