KUALA TERENGGANU: The first wave of floods that affected Terengganu since last month has claimed four lives.
State police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mohd Khairi Khairudin said the most recent death involved a 36-year-old man, Wan Muhamad Firdaus Wan Nasir, who was found drowned at an oil palm plantation in Felda Kerteh 3 in Ketengah Jaya, near Dungun.
The man was reported missing after his motorcycle was swept away by strong currents while he was riding through a heavily-flooded road.
DCP Mohd Khairi said the body was found at 2.15pm on Monday by Fire and Rescue Department personnel and villagers, Bernama reported.
He said the first casualty of the floods was Tuan Jusoh Tuan Hassan, 66, who drowned while fishing in a padi field area in Jalan Kampung Pinang, Besut, on Nov 28.
The next victims were two siblings of a landslide at their home in Kampung Bukit Apit, Ajil, near Hulu Terengganu, on Nov 29, at around 4.50pm.
DCP Mohd Khairi said the bodies of Puteri Sajidah Azman, 16, and her younger sister, Siti Fatimah, 13, were found at 6.30pm and 7pm respective- ly.
“Investigations found that the landslide occurred from a hill behind their house, about 30m away, due to heavy rain,” he said.
