Pahang floods claim first victim


KUANTAN: The floods in Pahang claimed its first victim on Friday (Dec 17) when a factory operator was found dead nearly three hours after he was reported to have fallen from his motorcycle while attempting to ride through floodwater on a road near a Chinese cemetery in Gambang near here.

Kuantan OCPD Asst Comm Wan Mohd Zahari Wan Busu said the victim, identified as M. Gunalan, 38, from Taman Gambang Makmur here, was found at 2.22 pm Tuesday, about 100m from the location he was last seen.

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