00:00The bodies of three family members who drowned after their boat capsized off Pulao Perhentian
00:07Besut on Saturday night will be sent home for final rites, two to Butterworth, Penang,
00:12and one to Sungai Pitani, Kedah.
00:15Dr K. Balachandran, Special Officer for Non-Islamic Affairs to the Trenganumentary Besar, said
00:21post-mortem examinations and necessary formalities for the victims, 40-year-old S. Aramugam,
00:27his three-year-old daughter A. Sarvika and their 10-year-old relative V. Venpani were completed
00:33around 4.30 p.m. Sunday at the Sultana Noor Zahira Hospital HSNZ Forensic Unit in Kuala
00:41Trenganu.
00:43The father and daughter will be laid to rest in Butterworth, while the third victim will
00:48be taken to Sungai Pitani.
00:50A family member said the 15 passengers, comprising four related families, had arrived for a holiday
00:57on Friday and were scheduled to return on Sunday.
01:01According to Dr Balachandran, the family had just finished dinner on Pul Lau Perhentian
01:05Karchil and were en route to Pul Lau Perhentian Barsar when strong waves overturned their boat
01:11at around 10.30 p.m.
01:13The tragedy claimed three lives and left one person critically injured and currently in the
01:18HSNZ intensive care unit.
01:21The tragedy added that surviving passengers and grieving relatives remain deeply traumatised
01:26and have requested privacy.
01:28While they are not ready to speak to the media, they expressed heartfelt gratitude to the agencies
01:34and volunteers who rendered assistance.
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