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ALOR SETAR - A woman is believed to have drowned while undergoing diving training with a licenced local company in the waters of Pulau Payar yesterday.
Kota Setar District Police chief ACP Ahmad Shukri Mat Akhir said the 43-year-old victim, from Kajang, Selangor, died on the way from the Kuala Kedah Jetty to the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital (HSB) here.
He said the Langgar Police Station received a report from the hospital authorities regarding the incident at about 2pm.
"The body has been sent to the HSB forensic unit and the case classified as sudden death,” he said in a statement today. - BERNAMA