Tragedy struck at Taping Beach, Kemasek, as an eight-year-old boy named Muhammad Ammar Azwan Azani drowned while playing on Friday (Nov 10).
According to Kemaman police chief Supt Hanyan Ramlan, the boy was believed to have been swept away by the waves while playing with friends at the beach area.
The police received a distress call at 5.21pm and the victim’s body was found by members of the public about half an hour later,” he said when contacted.
Hanyan said the body was sent to the Kemaman Hospital. -Bernama