THE body of a man who was reported missing while trying to save two girls while swimming at Bagan Lalang beach, Sepang, Selangor, yesterday, was found at about 9.30 this morning.

Sepang district deputy police chief Md Noor Aehwan Mohammad said the body of Muhammad Faizal Mahasan, 29, was found floating by the public near the Avani Sepang Goldcoast Resort.

“The body was brought to the beach at about 9.50am for an examination by a Health Ministry official,” he said in a statement today.

Noor Aehwan said the body was taken to Serdang Hospital for a post-mortem.

Yesterday, the Selangor Fire and Rescue Department operations centre reported that two girls, aged nine and seven, drowned while a man in his 30s went missing while swimming at Bagan Lalang beach. – Bernama, June 5, 2023.