GEORGE TOWN: A 5-year-old German boy drowned in a swimming pool at a service apartment here today.
Northeast district police chief Assistant Commissioner Mior Farid Alatrash Wahid said the victim had been left behind by his family after using the pool facilities.
"The boy's father sensed something amiss when he could not spot the victim inside their rented unit after coming out from the pool earlier.
"He went downstairs to the common area to find his son submerged in the pool," Mior said.
Paramedics arrived at the scene shortly but failed to resuscitate the boy and pronounced him dead in the 11am incident.
Mior said a post-mortem showed that the victim had drowned and there was no foul play.
He added that a signage next to the pool had stated that no life guard was on duty and the apartment bore no responsibility for any risk arising from using the facilities.