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Siblings drown in disused mining pond

IPOH: Two siblings found drown at a disused mining pond at Taman Rasi Jaya, Mengelembu here.

The body of Lee Poh Wei,16, was found on Wednesday evening, while the remains of his younger brother Poh Sun, 14, found today at 11.20am.

The duo had gone to the pond to fish with another friend at 12.30pm Wednesday before tragedy struck.

The victims were said to jumped into the pond for a swim.

A Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said rescue operation had been called off at 12.40pm today following the discovery of Poh Sun's body.

"While Poh Wei's body was found some 15metre where he was last seen, Poh Sun's remains were found some 30metre where he was last scene," he added.

Their bodies had been sent to Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun mortuary for post mortem.

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