KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 — The Malaysian Army (TDM) has confirmed that one of its personnel was found dead while another is still missing in a water surge incident while patrolling in Banding, Perak on November 30.
TDM said in a statement that the two victims, along with seven other personnel, were believed to have been swept away in a head-on water surge while conducting a patrol near Sungai Merah in Permatang, the Malaysia-Thailand border in Operation KOTA, ECHO, FOXTROT Series 6/2024 at about 8am.
The seven personnel involved were found safe at 12.30pm on the day of the incident, but LCpl Mohd Afandi Jahwin from the 21st Commando team, Sungai Udang Camp, Melaka and LCpl Ahmad Zulhilmi Ahmad Tamizi from the 22nd Commando team, Iskandar Mersing Camp were reported missing.
“On December 1, around 6pm, one of the missing personnel, Afandi, who hailed from Matu, Sarawak, was found by the riverbank about 3km from the troop headquarters and was confirmed dead by the rescue team.
"The body of Afandi was retrieved by aircraft yesterday at 12.41pm and was taken to Taiping Hospital for a post-mortem before being flown by the RMAF EC725 aircraft (to Sibu Airport).
“He will then be taken to Kampung Jamerong for burial at the Jamerong Cemetery at 8.45pm tonight," the statement read.
— Bernama
