Man drowns, three others survive after boat capsizes in Melaka

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A family’s fishing trip ended in a tragedy when their boat capsized near the Kampung Lachang Water Treatment Plant in Merlimau, Melaka leading to the drowning of a 21-year-old man on Saturday (Feb 15).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/yc75m5d9  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A fishing trip by a family ended in a tragedy when their boat capsized near the Kampung

00:06Lancang water treatment plant in Malacca on Saturday.

00:09The incident that happened around 10am led to the drowning of a 21-year-old victim identified

00:14as Muhammad Nurfitri Abdul Razak.

00:17The victim was with his elder brother and the brother's wife and 7-year-old son when

00:21the incident happened.

00:22The three others survived after swimming to the riverbank.

00:51Authorities said they believed the boat the family was travelling in lost balance, causing

00:56it to capsize.

00:57The Malacca Fire and Rescue Department said a total of 22 personnel were deployed for

01:01the operation that was called off at 3.26pm following the discovery of the victim.

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