A 10-year-old boy was found to have drowned while he was accompanying his father, who was working to repair an excavator near the Sungai Kuala Semerak area in Kelantan on Tuesday (August 19).
The victim is said to have disappeared from the sight of his 14-year-old sister while he was playing in the area.
A 10-year-old boy was found to have drowned in a river in Kelantan
According to a report by Sinar Harian, the Pasir Puteh District Police Chief, Superintendent Zaizul Rizal Zakaria, shared that, at about 7:35 PM, his department received a call from the public informing them that a boy was suspected to have drowned at the mouth of the river.
“Acting on this information, a team of officers from the Cherang Ruku Police Station and Pasir Puteh IPD went to the scene of the incident. We found the victim’s body at the face of a cliff, where further inspections around the area of the incident bore no criminal elements that could be linked (to this case),” he said.
The boy’s father tragically found the body
He added that the child’s body was actually found by his 38-year-old father, after he was told that his son was missing. Superintendent Zaizul Rizal Zakaria was informed that the father had conducted the search based on footprints found in the area.
The boy has since been confirmed dead by staff from the Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) and was taken to the Tengku Anis Hospital for a post-mortem. This case has since been classified as a sudden death.
The public, especially parents, were also reminded to always monitor and take note of their children’s movements to prevent unwanted things from happening.
Should you have any information about this incident, you can contact 019-456 7181 or 09-7867222.
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