Floods: I did not expect to find a baby, says rescuer


IPOH: A policeman did not expect that he would find an infant during the search and rescue (SAR) operation for flood victims in Taman Sri Muda, Shah Alam, Selangor recently.

Sgt Awang Abdullah Sani Awang Alehan, 42, from the General Operations Force (GOF) in Hulu Kinta here said the four-month-old baby girl, along with her parents and another child, were trapped on the top floor of a two-storey terrace house after the ground floor was flooded.

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