KAPIT: A 15-year-old boy was found drowned after he was believed to have been bathing in Sungai Bangkit Katibas, near Rumah Sebastian Tambi, Nanga Bangkit, Song on Sunday (March 22).
The Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department said the victim, identified as Sylvester Jarbis Mesin, was reported to have gone out to bathe with two friends at 12.30pm before the incident.
"The victim's body was found by villagers at 3.15pm, about 100m from where the victim was last seen, before being sent to the Nanga Bangkit Clinic," the department said in a statement the same day.
The fire department received an emergency call at 1.15pm and a team from the Song Fire and Rescue Station arrived at the location 65km away at around 4.20pm including using boats as there was no land route to the location. - Bernama
