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Author: EmerGence
By K.M. LEW
KUANTAN: A man drowned while attempting to rescue his newly-wedded wife after both of them were swept away by strong currents during a family picnic at a recreational spot in Kampung Pasir Kubur, Sungai Lembing here Saturday.
It is learnt that Mohd Hazrul Abdul Jalil, 26, had taken his wife Norfaridah Mohd Amin, 26, together with his mother and younger brother, Mohd Helmi, 25, to the spot for a picnic at 10.30am.
Relating the incident, Mohd Helmi said his brother and his wife had gone for a dip at the deeper end of a river when they were suddenly swept away by the strong currents.
"My brother tried to push his wife up to the surface before they were swept away to a shallow part of the river where passers-by hauled them up to the river's bank," he said.
He said one of the passers-by performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on his brother, but paramedics who arrived soon after pronounced him dead.
The wife escaped unhurt.
Mohd Helmi said his brother, who worked at the Farmers' Organisation Authority in Perak, married Norfaridah, last month.
The body was taken to Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital for post mortem.
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