Teen who fell into Sungai Kuantan found drowned

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A 15-year-old boy who fell into Sungai Kuantan while fishing on Tuesday (July 8) was found drowned at noon on Wednesday (July 9).   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/mwbd3538  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A 15-year-old boy who was reported to have slipped and fallen into the Kwantan River

00:07near Indera Makota, Pahang, on Tuesday, has been found drowned.

00:11Acting Kwantan District Police Chief, Superintendent Mohammad Adli Maat Daud, said the body of

00:17Mohammad Ishraf Danish Razmi was recovered by the search and rescue team at 12.40pm on

00:23Wednesday, about one kilometre from the site where he was last seen.

00:28The victim is believed to have slipped into the river while trying to retrieve a stuck

00:32fishing line from the riverbank on Tuesday evening.

00:36His body has been sent to Tenku Ampuan Afzan Hospital for a post-mortem examination.

00:42Ishraf, Danish, had gone fishing with three friends at around 6.30pm on Tuesday when he

00:48disappeared beneath the water while trying to retrieve his fishing hook.

00:53Police received an alert at around 7.30pm and immediately launched a joint operation involving

00:59the police, the Fire and Rescue Department, and the Civil Defense Force.

01:05Earlier, Pahang Fire and Rescue Department Assistant Director of Operations Mohammad Salahuddin Issa

01:12dismissed social media claims that the teenager was pulled underwater by a crocodile.

01:17He stated that while the Kwantan River is indeed a known crocodile habitat, there is no evidence

01:23or eyewitness testimony linking the reptile to the boy's disappearance.

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