HULU SELANGOR: The bodies of five people swept away by a water surge at Sungai Pertak in Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor, yesterday have been found, while three others remain missing.
Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director of operations Ashrul Riezal Asbar said the body of the first victim, Malaysian V. Vijayan, 36, was found near Pertak Bridge at 1.30 am, about 2.7 kilometres downstream from the spot where he was swept away at Lata Jebus.
He said rescuers found four more bodies near Senget Bridge, about one kilometre from Lata Jebus, at 9.20 am, although the victims’ identities and nationalities have yet to be established.
“The first victim’s body has been handed over to the police for identification at the forensic unit, while efforts are under way to retrieve the other bodies found this morning,” he told reporters at the incident command post here today.
