IPOH: A policeman who was swept away by the current while bathing with friends in an irrigation canal at Jalan Utama Changkat Lada, near Kampung Gajah yesterday, was found drowned today.
Perak fire and rescue department assistant director (operations) Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad said in a statement that the body of Muhammad Taufik Sayuti was found at 4.55am and handed over to the police for further action.
It is understood that the 39-year-old victim, a police corporal at the Melaka Tengah district headquarters, was off-duty and had returned home for a reunion with the former students of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Lada.
Meanwhile, Perak Tengah police chief Hafezul Helmi Hamzah in a separate statement confirmed the incident.
“The victim’s body was taken to Seri Iskandar Hospital for a post-mortem and the results confirmed the cause of death was drowning,” he said.