Committee to probe into death of PD International Triathlon participant

PORT DICKSON (Bernama): A committee will be set up to probe into the death of a participant of the Port Dickson International Triathlon, said Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman (pic).

The Youth and Sports Minister said the committee would be headed by the ministry's secretary-general Datuk Lokman Hakim Ali.

"The committee will look into, among others, if there was any breach of conditions or laws,” he told reporters here Sunday (July 15).

He conveyed his condolences to the family of Tharm Wai Weng, 39, who drowned while participating in the 750-metre swimming event at the international triathlon.

Earlier, Syed Saddiq met Thram's family members at the forensic unit of the Port Dickson Hospital. - Bernama