A TODDLER drowned after falling off a houseboat near the Lasir Waterfall, Tasik Kenyir, 38km from Kuala Berang, at about 8.20pm yesterday.

State police chief Rohaimi Md Isa said three-year-old Muhammad Al Fateh Muhammad Khairul Aiman, of Kampung Telaga Daing, Kuala Nerus, and his family arrived at the houseboat at 3pm for holiday.

“The boy fell overboard and was unconscious when he was rescued by a houseboat worker 10 minutes later. The worker tried to resuscitate him but failed,” he told a press conference after conducting a tourist standard operating procedure monitoring exercise in Tasik Kenyir today.

“The toddler was rushed in a speedboat to the Pengkalan Gawi jetty to seek help from Malaysian Civil Defence Force personnel stationed there at 9pm but to no avail.

“He was declared dead at 10.48pm by a medical officer who arrived after being notified.” – Bernama, October 16, 2021.