ISKANDAR PUTERI: A 79-year-old man drowned after falling from a jetty into about a metre of water at Puteri Harbour here.
Iskandar Puteri Fire and Rescue Department operations commander Shamsul Khomari Bakar said the department received a distress call at 6.48pm on Monday (Feb 15).
He added that the victim has been identified as Abdul Rahman Abdul Majid and said he was reported missing after a witness found his slippers at the jetty at Jalan Bayu Warisan in Emerald Bay.
“We began a search and rescue operation involving 12 department personnel, five from the Tebrau Fire Station Water Rescue Unit (PPDA), five from the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency and 21 policemen.