KULAI, Nov 7 (Bernama) -- For the past week, six-year-old Essikandar Putra Rohaizad pestered his mother, Mardeli Marazul, to buy him fishing gear. Now it serves as a painful memory for Mardeli after her youngest son drowned in a retention pond near Taman Sungai Mas, near here, on Nov 5.
Kulai Drowing: Mum's Last Memory Of Son Was Of Him Wanting Fishing Gear
Boy, drowned, fishing gear, Kulai, Teo Nie Ching
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A six-year-old boy drowned in a retention pond after persistently asking his mother for fishing gear, which she refused due to safety concerns.
- The boy, Essikandar Putra, had asked for fishing gear a week before the incident.
- His mother, Mardeli, refused to buy it, citing safety reasons.
- The boy later went fishing alone and drowned in a pond near his home.
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