Swimming outing turns tragic after 10-year-old drowns in Sabah


KOTA KINABALU: A swimming outing on a sunny day for four friends turned tragic when one of them went missing but whose body was later found the next day.

Kota Belud Fire Station Chief, Muhammad Syazwan Latun said Lysbet Tom Jones, 10, was spending a fun day with three friends in Kg Piasau, Kota Belud before the tragic incident occurred.

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