Floods: Worker found drowned at oil palm plantation


Che Rustam's body being recovered from the flooded plantation.

KUANTAN: A plantation worker has been found drowned after he went missing while riding his motorcycle through a flooded path in Felda Chini 2.

Pekan police chief Supt Mohd Zaidi Mat Zin said the victim, Che Rustam Che Su, 36, had gone to the palm oil plantation with his elder brother and father to collect produce at about 9am on Thursday (Dec 23).

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