Body Of Drowned Cop Found After 24 Hours
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- Published on Sunday, 05 January 2014 22:04
Wife of victim police corporal Halim Ibrahim, Waridah Muaing, after his body was found in Sungai Kerian, Nibong Tebal, Penang. Earlier the body of their son was recovered. NST/ Amir Irsyad Omar
Halim, 52, was found at 5.40pm while the body of his son, Mohd Alif Hakim, aged one year and 10 months, was found at 12.30pm today.
A Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said Halim, who was serving at the Batu Kawan police station near here, was found by a scuba team not far from where his son was found.
"Halim's body has been sent to Sungai Bakap Hospital for a post-mortem," he told reporters here today.
Halim and Mohd Alif Hakim were reported missing in the river when the boat they were in swerved causing Mohd Alif Hakim to fall into the river.
Also in the boat in the 6pm incident yesterday were Halim's wife, Waridah Muing, 33, a policewoman, and their daughter, Nor Amira, 5.
Waridah tried to save her son before Halim joined her. However, Waridah was saved when she held on to the boat while her husband and son were swept away.
The bodies of both father and son are expected to be laid to rest tonight at a cementery in Tanjung Berembang here.
A Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said Halim, who was serving at the Batu Kawan police station near here, was found by a scuba team not far from where his son was found.
"Halim's body has been sent to Sungai Bakap Hospital for a post-mortem," he told reporters here today.
Halim and Mohd Alif Hakim were reported missing in the river when the boat they were in swerved causing Mohd Alif Hakim to fall into the river.
Also in the boat in the 6pm incident yesterday were Halim's wife, Waridah Muing, 33, a policewoman, and their daughter, Nor Amira, 5.
Waridah tried to save her son before Halim joined her. However, Waridah was saved when she held on to the boat while her husband and son were swept away.
The bodies of both father and son are expected to be laid to rest tonight at a cementery in Tanjung Berembang here.
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