Six-year-old drowns after being swept away by strong currents in PD

PORT DICKSON: A six-year-old boy who came for a holiday to the resort town with his family drowned at Pantai Tanjung Gemok near here.

District police chief Supt Aidi Sham Mohamed said Muhammad Nurmubien Muhammad Miqdam from Bandar Sri Sendayan was at the beach stretch with his family when the incident happened around 4.15pm Wednesday (Oct 6).

"The victim's father was sitting under a tree when he saw his two other children, aged eight and 10 years old, who were playing near the beach getting into difficulties.

"He then ran towards the two but did not realise that his six-year-old son had also followed him," he said in a statement.

Supt Aidi Sham said the six-year-old soon got into difficulties and was swept away by the strong currents.

He said a search and rescue team found the.victim's remains around 6.30pm about 100m from where he was last seen.

The victim's remains have been sent to the Port Dickson Hospital for post mortem.

Supt Aidi Sham said the case has been classified as sudden death.