Foreign woman drowns during aquatic therapy in Penang

A 57-year-old foreign woman tragically drowned while participating in aquatic therapy at a condominium swimming pool in Tanjung Bungah, George Town, this evening. Police received a report about the incident at 6.10pm, stating that the victim and her husband had been undergoing aquatic therapy at 5.20pm. The husband left her momentarily to answer a phone call from a friend, leaving the woman unattended.

Upon his return, roughly five minutes later, he discovered her submerged, believed to have fallen off a float. The husband immediately jumped into the pool, rescued her, and initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Despite these efforts, medical personnel who arrived at the scene pronounced the woman dead at 5.49pm. Timur Laut district police chief Rozak Muhammad announced that no criminal elements were detected in the case, and the investigation classified it as a sudden death report.

The body was subsequently sent to the Penang Hospital forensic department for a post-mortem examination to ascertain the exact cause of death.