JOHOR BARU: A teenager was found dead in the Johor Straits along Danga Bay here while his 37-year-old mother is still missing.
Johor Baru South acting OCPD Supt Lim Jit Huey said that police were notified about the incident at around 4.30pm on Sunday (Sept 11).
“The victim’s husband had lodged a report when he could not find them at home.
“The husband was searching frantically along the coastal area around here before finding his wife's parked car at a restaurant along Danga Bay and also recovered two pairs of slippers belonging to the two victims about a 1km away from the car,” he told a press conference at the scene here on Monday (Sept 12).
Supt Lim added that police then immediately launched a search and rescue operation to find the two missing persons.
He said police were assisted by the Fire and Rescue Department, Civil Defence Force, marine police and local fishermen to find them.
Supt Lim, however, said that the body of the 16-year-old son was recovered at around 8.30pm on Sunday night, some 5m from where the slippers were found.
“Initial investigations found that there were some problems within the victims’ family prior to the incident,” he said, adding that the family also has a 10-year-old daughter.
He also said that the teenage son’s body has been sent to Sultanah Aminah Hospital for a postmortem, where the case was classified as sudden death.
Supt Lim added the search and rescue operation would continue within a three nautical mile radius and they would also be notify their Singaporean counterparts about the matter.
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