BINTULU: A seven-year-old boy was found drowned in a water catchment near the Spait traffic lights along Jalan Celestine Ujang here on Sunday (Aug 31).
Bintulu district police chief Supt Nixon Joshua Ali said that police received a call at 8.30pm from a man reporting that his son had gone missing near the junction to Taman Seri Pelabuhan.
Acting on the information, police and a team from the Bintulu Fire and Rescue Station were mobilised to the location to assist in the search for the victim.
"The victim was found at the bottom of the five-metre deep pool, located about 50m from a workers' quarters. Initial checks found no signs of foul play on the victim's body," he said in a statement on Monday.
Medical officers from Bintulu Hospital confirmed the boy died at the scene.
He said the case has been classified as a sudden death. - Bernama
