KUANTAN: A man's wish to attend his friend's wedding went unfulfilled after he was reported to have drowned at Pantai Sepat here today.
Kuantan district police chief Assistant Commissioner Wan Mohd Zahari Wan Busu said they received a report about the incident involving the victim Khoo Kim Chai, 36, at 1.36 pm today.
He said the victim, a resident of Klang, Selangor, had gone to the beach with a 37-year-old male friend and two children at 9am.
While playing in the waves, both the victim and his friend were swept away by the current, but the friend managed to save himself.
"The victim was said to have disappeared from sight, prompting his friend to seek help from others until the victim was found," he said in a statement today.
Immediately after that, he said the victim received respiratory aid from personnel of the Pahang Civil Defence Force (CDF) while waiting for an ambulance to arrive.
However, Khoo said the man died at about 11.10am while receiving treatment at the emergency ward of Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan (HTAA), here.
Meanwhile, Pekan district CDF officer Captain Ahmad Azmi Hanafiah, in a statement said he received information about the incident at 9.50am from the cleaning crew on duty at the beach.
He said those at the beach tried to help including a doctor, who happened to be at the scene, performed the cardio pulmonary resusitation before the man was taken to HTAA at about 10.30am.– BERNAMA