Penang ferry passenger feared drowned after falling into the sea (updated)


  • Nation
  • Monday, 01 Jul 2019

(BRIEF CAPTION): A view of the haze in George Town from the ferry./Picby:CHAN BOON KAI/The Star/28 June 2019.

GEORGE TOWN: A 47-year-old man is feared to have drowned after falling off a ferry that was departing from Butterworth to Penang island.

North Seberang Prai OCPD Asst Comm Noorzainy Mohd Noor said the victim had fallen off the ferry at around 6.15pm Monday (July 1).

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