LANGKAWI: A Singaporean boy was found drowned in the pool of a cruise ship docked at the Star Cruise Jetty here, on Monday.
Langkawi district police chief Superintendent Mohd Iqbal Ibrahim said the victim – Alan Heng Kai Lun, 10 – together with his mother and a friend, were on vacation on the ship which had just arrived from Singapore and was scheduled to depart for Phuket, Thailand.
“Padang Matsirat police station received an emergency call at about 7.30pm regarding a drowning incident involving a child in the swimming pool of the cruise ship.
“An initial investigation found that the victim is believed to have drowned while swimming in the pool.
“A pool attendant and many other visitors were in the pool (at the time), but failed to rescue the victim. Police have recorded the statements of witnesses and pool attendant to facilitate an investigation,” he said in a statement here, last night.
Mohd Iqbal said the victim’s body was sent to the Sultanah Maliha Langkawi Hospital for a post-mortem.
He added that the luxury liner, carrying 3,000 passengers and crew, sailed to Phuket at 10.30pm. – Bernama