Kapit boat tragedy: Body of last victim found after nine days


SIBU: The body of Kons Iskandar Ibrahim, 28, a policeman who perished in the boat tragedy near SK Lepong Baleh in the Kapit Division near here, was found on Friday (March 15), nine days after the incident occurred.

Iskandar was also the last victim to be found in the tragedy that also claimed the lives of another colleague, Sjn Jonathan Lambert, and two civilians who were on the ill-fated boat that capsized after getting caught in a whirlpool in the waters of Sungai Batang Baleh at around 5pm on March 7.

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