Family of five caught in water surge while fishing, mother and daughter feared drowned


PETALING JAYA: A woman and her daughter are feared to have drowned in a water surge in a river in Seri Kembangan, Selangor, this afternoon.

Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director (Operations) Ahmad Mukhlis Mokhtar said on Sunday (March 30) that the Indonesian family of five were fishing in Kota Perdana when the water level rose.

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