TVET student missing while catching crabs found drowned
MELAKA: A teenage boy who went missing at Pantai Klebang while catching crabs with friends yesterday was found floating near Pulau Upeh today.
In a tragic incident off the coast of Melaka, a 16-year-old TVET student, Muhammad Arif Daniel Nizamuddin, drowned while crabbing with friends on Sunday evening. The teenager was last seen at Pantai Klebang, a popular coastal area, around 6:00pm. A search and rescue operation was initiated immediately, with the Melaka Fire and Rescue Department's Water Rescue Team leading the effort.
The SAR operation, involving 25 personnel from the Melaka Tengah Fire and Rescue Department, was supported by the Masjid Tanah Fire and Rescue Station, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, and local police. The team conducted searches both onshore and in the water, employing various search techniques including an arc-pattern search about 30 meters from the shoreline.
By 7:20pm, the victim's body was located near Pulau Upeh, approximately two nautical miles from the shore. The individual was identified by his family upon arrival. The Melaka Fire and Rescue Department's operations assistant director, Mohd Shahrom Laji, confirmed the victim's identity and stated that the body was handed over to the police for further procedures.
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