Man drowns in river fleeing police raid


JERTIH: A man, who jumped into a river near the Malaysian Fisheries Development Authority complex in Seberang Kastam on Sunday night (Jan 5) to escape a police raid, was found drowned on Monday.

Acting Besut police chief DSP Md Sani Md Saleh said the body of the 45-year-old man was discovered at 10.25am, not far from where he was last seen.

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