First victim of a capsized boat found drowned
BERNAMA
05/01/2021
KUANTAN, Jan 5 -- A woman passenger of an overturned boat incident in Sungai Jelai, Kampung Bertang in Lipis, 245 kilometres from here, yesterday, was found drowned today at 9.45 am.
Lipis district police chief Supt Azli Mohd Noor said the victim, Rozi Omar, 52, was found stuck in a banana clump, on a bank of the river, about 100 metres from the scene.
"Search and rescue efforts for one of the victim’s daughter, who was also reported missing, are going on.
"Rozi's body was taken to Kuala Lipis Hospital for a post-mortem," he said in a statement here.
Rozi was reported missing with Nur Zakirah Ahmad Hussin, 19, after the boat they were on capsized in Sungai Jelai.
The boat which was skippered by her husband, Ahmad Hussin Mad Aris, overturned due to strong currents when they were headed to Kampung Betong, to check on the condition of their flooded house.
Also in the boat was another daughter of the couple, Nur Aina, 23, but she and her father Ahmad Hussin, 52, managed to save themselves.
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