Boy, 12, drowns while fishing in irrigation canal


KUANTAN: A 12-year-old boy was found drowned in an irrigation canal in Kampung Permatang Gepung, Nenasi near Pekan on Sunday (Dec 21).

Pekan OCPD Supt Mohd Zaidi Mat Zin said the incident occurred at about 6.30pm when the victim, identified as Muhammad Alif Fahmi Abdullah, was believed to have been swept away while catching fish in the canal with his younger brother.

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