KUALA LUMPUR: Three family members faced an anxious moment after they were almost swept away by strong currents in the Klang River following heavy rain yesterday.
Kuala Lumpur Traffic Enforcement and Investigation Department (TEID) chief Assistant Commissioner Sarifudin Mohd Salleh said in the 3.30pm incident, police received information that a couple and their child who were on a fishing trip at the river were trapped in an area near Jalan Kuching.
"Two policemen from the Kuala Lumpur TEID then rushed to the scene and managed to rescue all the victims who did not suffer any injuries," he said in a statement today.
The brave actions of the two policemen, Lance Corporal Hafizul Khalis Anuar and Constable Wan Muhammad Hazleeshah Wan Hasbullah, who clung to the iron bar to save the three victims, earned much praise from netizens after the video of the incident went viral on social media. – Bernama