Man drowns after kelong collapses in Batu Pahat


BATU PAHAT: A 45-year-old man drowned while seven others survived when the kelong, a manmade wooden platform, they were fishing on collapsed.

Batu Pahat police chief Asst Comm Shahrulanuar Mushaddat Abdullah Sani said the incident occurred in Senggarang waters at around 2am on Sunday (May 4).

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