Teenager drowns after falling into retention pool at Muar oil palm plantation


The Fire and Rescue Department's water rescue unit searching for the victim's body.

MUAR: A 15-year-old boy drowned after falling into the water retention pool of a palm oil plantation in Parit Shafiee at Parit Jawa, here.

Muar OCPD Asst Comm Raiz Mukhliz Azman Aziz said the incident occurred at 4.57pm on Wednesday (March 13).

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