A six-year-old boy believed to have gone fishing alone drowned in a Kulai retention pond. Police confirm no foul play found and classified case as SDR.

JOHOR BAHRU: Police have confirmed that a six-year-old boy who was found unconscious in a retention pond near Taman Sungai Mas, Kulai, yesterday died from drowning.

Kulai district police chief ACP Tan Seng Lee said the boy was believed to have gone fishing alone at the pond, located about 50 metres from his home.

“Preliminary investigations revealed that the victim’s parents had left for work at about 6.30 am while the boy and his 17-year-old sister were still asleep.