SERDANG, April 1 — The husband of the woman who drowned in Seri Kembangan yesterday afternoon did not expect the excitement of their family of five in catching fish in a monsoon drain along Jalan KP 4/9 Kota Perdana to end in tragedy.
Recounting the incident, Indonesian Ahmad Suriadi, 40, said they reached the area at 3.30pm and, in less than an hour, had managed to catch lots of fish.
Seeing the situation, his 38-year-old wife was too excited and refused to return, continuing to fish even though it was raining heavily.
“Every time I threw a net, I had a big catch, and this thrilled my wife. After casting my net four times, it began to rain heavily, so I urged my wife to return, but she refused
“They (wife and children) continued to fish, and when I went to the side of the area to pack all our things and the fish, the waters suddenly rose high, followed by strong currents, causing us to fall and drift into the river,” he told the press at the location of the incident today.
In this situation, Ahmad tried to hold onto the hands of his wife and children to save them but was unsuccessful as the currents were too strong, and tree branches impeded him.
“I could only see my wife waving, and then (she) disappeared in the waters. After that, I came out of the water and called out to people to help find my family members,” he said, whose nine-year-old son Mohd Alif survived the incident.
Ahmad’s second son was rescued after the boy climbed up the monsoon drain before being found by the public at 5.30pm yesterday. However, the body of his eldest son Mohd Diham, 10, was found by a rescue team about one kilometre from the scene of the incident at 7pm.
His wife’s body was found this afternoon, and he is hoping the rescue team will find his four-year-old daughter Riska Amelia soon.
— Bernama
