ALOR SETAR: The body of a Chinese national man who was feared drowned while swimming at Tanjung Rhu Beach, Langkawi, has been found.
Langkawi police chief ACP Khairul Azhar Nuruddin said the body of Mingfei Lan, 48, from Shanghai, China, was found by the Malaysian Civil Defence Force (APM) at 9.45am yesterday.
ACP Khairul Azhar said the victim, who on holiday with his wife and son, was said to have gone swimming towards Pulau Cabang at about 5.30pm on Friday.
“His son realised at around 6pm that his father had not resurfaced and alerted the hotel management, following which a search operation was conducted by the Langkawi Fire and Rescue Station at about 9pm,” he said in a statement that was cited by Bernama yesterday.
He said the search operation, which resumed yesterday morning, found the victim lying face down in the water near Pulau Cabang, about 50m from where the victim was last seen.
“The body has been sent to the Hospital Sultanah Maliha, Langkawi, for a post-mortem, and the case has been classified as sudden death.”
