Disabled boy swept away by floodwaters found dead


ALOR SETAR: A mother and son went out to buy nasi lemak but ended up being swept away by strong currents while attempting to wade through flash floods in a village near here.

Villager Mohd Sofi Rhazalee described seeing single mother Salmah Mat Zain, 46, and her son, Muhammad Rosman Rohaidi, 19, who is a person with disabilities, struggling in the fast-flowing floodwaters in Kampung Tanjung Kiri, near Kuala Nerang, Kedah, yesterday morning.

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