Teenage boy who was rescued from shipping container in Malaysia drowns in Bangladesh


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KUALA LUMPUR: A 14-year-old Bangladeshi boy who was repatriated after he came to Malaysia in a shipping container from Chittagong around three months ago, has died after drowning in a pond near his house.

Ratul Islam Fahim, who is from Monoharganj, an administrative division in Cumilla, Bangladesh, is said to have drowned while taking a bath alone on Saturday (April 29) as reported by The Daily Star.

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