Teen drowns while swimming with friends in Sandakan


Rescue workers carrying the boy’s remains.

KOTA KINABALU: The body of a 16-year-old boy was found some 15 hours after he was reported to have gone missing after taking a swim with friends in the east coast Sandakan district.

Mohd Amiruddin Juhardin’s body was found by villagers at a beachside in Batu Sapi at 8am on Saturday (Dec 30).

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