Missing Orang Asli man found drowned in disused mining pool

ALOR GAJAH: A 33-year-old Orang Asli man from the Jakun tribe was found drowned in a disused mining pool here on Tuesday (March 14).

OCPD Supt Arshad Abu said the victim Jerrey Juli from Kubang Badak in Tebong was believed to have gone to the quarry at Solok Menggong in Machap Baru here to carry out fishing activities with two of his friends.Supt Arshad said a search and rescue operation was activated on the same day and resumed early Tuesday."His friends tried frantically to search for him before alerting the authorities," he said.

A Melaka Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said the victim's body was retrieved at about 9.15am on Tuesday. The victim's wife Selipang Sanjan, 30, said her husband was an experienced diver and had been going to the site to catch fish for the past one decade."The water level in the mining pool is not that deep so I believe he could have gotten stuck in a mudpot underwater.The Jakun is the third largest group among the Orang Asli community in Peninsular Malaysia.

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