KUALA LUMPUR: A six-year-old girl drowned while playing near a drain in Kampung Sungai Kajang Lama, Kuala Selangor yesterday.
Kuala Selangor district police chief Superintendent Azaharuddin Tajudin said it received a report at about 9pm about the girl being found unconscious in the 3m-deep drain.
He said the girl had been missing since 5pm that day.
"Investigations by the the Kuala Selangor district police headquarters revealed that the victim was on her bicycle near the drain in Kampung Sungai Kajang Lama.
"The victim was sent to the Tanjung Karang Hospital and was pronounced dead.
A post mortem showed that the cause of death was drowning, and the victim did not have any injury," Azaharuddin said in a statement today.
He urged witnesses to contact investigating officer Inpector Anwar Abdul Kadir at 03-3289 1222 or to go to any nearby police station.