Man's second swimming stunt leads to arrest for violating inter-district travel ban


GEORGE TOWN (Bernama): A man who was previously rescued and detained for violating the inter-district travel ban for trying to swim from George Town to Sebarang Prai was again arrested after pulling off a similar stunt on Monday (Aug 2).

This time around, the man claimed that he wanted to swim to Mecca when he was rescued after being found floating in the waters off Penang island on a styrofoam float at 4.45pm by authorities who were acting on a public tip-off.

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