Three people, including a young child, were reported to have died in a boating accident in the waters near Tanjung Harapan, in Klang, Selangor, yesterday.
According to an official from the Selangor Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA), the victims were aged three to 50.
Selangor MMEA director Abdul Muhaimin Salleh said in the 5pm incident, the boat carrying six passengers was believed to have lost control before it capsized.
He added that a fishing vessel came to the rescue of the people on board but its crew only managed to save one person, with two more passengers still missing as of this morning.
Muhaimin said the search for the two missing passengers is ongoing with fire and rescue personnel conducting diving operations, Bernama reported.
He said the missing victims were identified as Gan Hon Tat, 32, and his wife, Careen Man, 29, both from Klang Utama, and that the three-year-old boy who died was their son, Darren.
“The other deceased victims were Cheu Son Hin, 50, and Fong Yong Sen, 29, a friend of the couple,” he said in a statement here today.
“The sole survivor is Alvin Chang, 17.”
A video of the capsized boat being towed to the shore has since been widely circulated on social media.
