Kulai district police chief Tan Seng Lee said the boy was believed to have gone fishing at the pond, located about 50m from his home. (Facebook pic)JOHOR BAHRU: Police have confirmed that the six-year-old boy who was found unconscious in a retention pond near Taman Sungai Mas in Kulai yesterday died from drowning.

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

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

"At about 10am, an acquaintance told the victim’s mother that her son had been found unconscious in the pond," he said in a statement today.