Elderly man drowns after fall from jetty in Puteri Harbour's Emerald Bay

By REMAR NORDIN

ISKANDAR PUTERI: A 79-year-old man drowned after falling from a jetty into about a metre of water at Puteri Harbour here.

Iskandar Puteri Fire and Rescue Department operations commander Shamsul Khomari Bakar said the department received a distress call at 6.48pm on Monday (Feb 15).

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