Elderly man dies of heart attack while trying to save livestock during flood


TAMPIN: A 66-year-old man died of a heart attack while trying to save his livestock during floods in Taman Pinggiran Felda, Gemas here on Saturday (Jan 1) morning.

Tampin OCPD Supt Anuwal Ab Wahab said the man had gone to the cow pen near his house after floodwaters rose in the area when the incident happened at 8am.

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