PUTRAJAYA – Three Indonesian men drowned in an underground sewerage channel in Selangor Science Park 2, Cyberjaya, near here today.
Selangor Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) director Datuk Norazam Khamis said according to initial reports, the victims, who were Telekom Malaysia cable installation contract workers, had passed out in a sewer hole at a depth of five metres.
“Firefighters received an emergency call at 3.17pm and the three victims were confirmed dead at the scene,” he said in a statement .
Norazam said the bodies were taken to the Serdang Hospital and that the case was handed over to the police for further action.
Meanwhile, Sepang District Police chief ACP Wan Kamarul Azran Wan Yusof in a statement tonight said the investigation found that the victims were colleagues of the complainant and were working to find a manhole for a communications company.
He said as soon as he found it under the mound, the complainant had opened the lid to confirm the owner, he had instructed the three Indonesians not to do anything further and went straight to the lorry to pick up some items.
“After that, the complainant heard a scream from an Indonesian man named Adnani, who said his friends Febri and Jufri were trapped in the manhole. The complainant tried to stop Adnani who insisted on saving his friends, and the latter failed and got stuck in the manhole as well,” he said.
Wan Kamarul Azran said the 31-year-old complainant tried to save the three men by using a rope but could not muster the strength after inhaling the ammonia from the hole.
Police checks found that there were no signs of injury or crime on the victims’ bodies, and they were taken to Serdang Hospital for COVID-19 screening tests before the autopsy. – Bernama
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