Man reported missing last year found dead in submerged car in Pekan river

KUANTAN: A dead body believed to be that of a man who went missing last year has been found in a car submerged in a river in Pekan.

Pekan OCPD Supt Mohd Zaidi Mat Zin said a motorcyclist had stopped on Jambatan Sg Api-Api at Jalan Pekan-Nenasi-Rompin at 11.38am on Saturday (July 23) to remove a metal rod on the road when he saw the roof of a vehicle in the river.