Woman and teenage daughter drown during outing to Pantai Bayu Impian

22 Jan 2025 • 11:36 AM MYT
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By: Bernama

KOTA TINGGI: A woman and her 13-year-old daughter drowned, while four others survived, during an outing to Pantai Bayu Impian yesterday afternoon.

Kota Tinggi District police chief Supt Yusof Othman said they received a report at 5.30 pm about a family of five who had been swept away while swimming in the area.

Advertisement (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});The family comprised a 33-year-old woman, a 10-year-old boy, and three girls aged 10 to 13. A 60-year-old male relative tried to save them but returned to shore due to the strong waves, he said in a statement today.

The woman and her children were later rescued and brought ashore by rescue teams and members of the public. However, tragically, she and one of her daughters had drowned.

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“However, after the rescue operation, two victims, Siti Fatimah Jaafar, 33, and Nur Arisya Hanan Mohd Salleh, 13, were pronounced dead at the scene,“ he said.

Advertisement (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});He added that the survivors—Jaafar Yusof, 60, Nur Qaisara Farhana Mohd Farid, 13, Danial Abu, 10, and Nur Alisya Shafiya Jamil, 10—were taken to the hospital for treatment.