SHAH ALAM: Two boys found drowned at Jalan Cili Merah in Section 24 here yesterday are believed to have been swimming in a water-filled area at the Sungai Klang flood mitigation project site, according to police.
Shah Alam police chief Iqbal Ibrahim said that according to witness accounts, the boys, aged nine and 12, had gone to the area to swim before they were found drowned.
“Police were informed of the incident at 8.50pm by a member of the public.
“An examination of the bodies found no signs of struggle or other injuries that could have caused their deaths,” he said in a statement today.
The bodies were sent to Shah Alam Hospital for a post-mortem.