The identity of the ninth body recovered was confirmed by fingerprints at the Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital in Kuala Terengganu.
The body belonged to Muhammad Fikri Saliman, 24, from Batu Pahat, Johor, who was one of the victims swept away by a water surge at the Air Putih waterfall on Saturday .
"The condition of the body after seven days made it impossible for a physical confirmation by the next-of-kin,” he said when met at the operations control centre at the Air Putih police station here today. Meanwhile, today’s search and rescue operation has been called off due to unfavourable weather, according to Terengganu Fire and Rescue Department Zone 2 chief Senior Supt Azman Alias.
He did not reject the possibility that the last missing victim of the incident, Putri Nor Fatin Karim, 14, had been buried by sand based on the discovery of previous bodies.
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