SEPANG: A teenage boy drowned after being swept away by strong river currents here.
Selangor Fire and Rescue Department Operations Division Assistant Director Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar said they received a distress call at around 4.41pm on Friday.
"A total of 16 personnel from the Cyberjaya, Shah Alam and Port Klang fire stations were deployed to the scene.
"They arrived at the scene along Jalan Meranti 2, Kampung Pulai Meranti and found that a teenage boy had drowned while swimming there with a group of friends," he said in a statement today.
He said the victim was believed to have been swept away by strong currents.
"At around 6.36pm the victim's body was found about 30 metres from where he went missing.
"Medical personnel at the scene pronounced him dead and the body was handed over to the police for further action," he said adding that the victim was identified as 16-year-old Nik Ahmad Muzakkir Nik Razali.