Seven foreigners among eight swept away in Sungai Pertak water surge

HULU SELANGOR: Seven foreigners were among eight men swept away by a water surge at the Sungai Pertak picnic site in Kampung Orang Asli Pertak here yesterday.

In the incident, a local man was found drowned early today, while eight other victims were reported still missing.

Fire and Rescue Department director-general Datuk Seri Nor Hisham Mohammad said the deceased was identified as a local man, V. Vijayan.

"The victim's body was found by firefighters at the Pertak Bridge area at 1.30am today, about 2.7km from where he was believed to have been swept away.

"Meanwhile, eight others are still missing and are the subject of an ongoing search operation involving a 20-year-old Yemeni man, six Indian citizens, and a local man," he said.

On the search operation, Nor Hisham said the search and rescue (SAR) team had divided the search area into three main sectors to locate all victims.

"The SAR team has divided the search area into Sector A, Sector B, and Sector C to ensure comprehensive search coverage along the river," he said.