Dead: Man clearing clogged manhole

Fire and Rescue personnel working to retrieve the body of the man. - Photo courtesy of Larkin Fire and Rescue Department

JOHOR BARU: A 32-year-old Indonesian man died after he fell and was trapped inside a manhole at the Kempas Permai Public Housing Project (PPR) here.

Johor Baru North OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Taib Ahmad said the victim, identified as Muhammad Razi, was working with a friend to clean up a clogged manhole and had gone inside to remove the trash that was stuck in it at around 7.45pm on Friday (Oct 25).