Fishermen find body of elderly man who fell from Penang Bridge


GEORGE TOWN: The body of a 74-year-old man who was believed to have fallen from the Penang Bridge has been found.

State MMEA director Capt Abd Razak Mohamed said the Penang Malaysia Maritime operations centre received a call from the public through MERS 999 about the discovery of the body near bridge pole 30, Prai bound, at 11am on Sunday (March 20).

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