Villager’s body found, girl still missing in Pensiangan drowning incident


KOTA KINABALU: Rescuers have found the body of a villager who fell into the river while helping out at a search operation to look for survivors of a capsized boat in Sabah’s interior Pensiangan district.

The boat, carrying a family of five, had capsized at Sungai Penawan, Kampung Sinsingon in Sapulut on Tuesday (April 11).

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