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Brother and sister drown in swimming pool

IPOH: Two siblings were found drowned in a swimming pool here, yesterday.

District police chief assistant Commissioner Yahaya Hassan said police were alerted to the matter at 6.10pm.

Yahaya said investigators found the siblings — a 9-year-old girl and an 8-year-old boy — in the pool.

"They were taken to Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital here in an ambulance and were pronounced dead by medical staff.

"The post-mortem was conducted today and the cause of death is drowning," he said in a statement.

Yahaya added that police were investigating whether the siblings went to the swimming pool by themselves or with their parents.

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