SERDANG: Police have confirmed that the latest body to be recovered from the site of water surge incident to be that of Riska Amelia, 4.
Serdang district police chief Assistant Commissioner A.A Anbalagan said the girl's father Ahmad Suriadi had identified the child's body after it was discovered by rescuers this morning.
" The last body has been positively identified by the victim's father. She has been identified as his daughter, Riska Amelia.
"The remains of all three victims have been sent to the Serdang Hospital for a post-mortem," said Anbalagan, adding that the search and rescue operation has b een officially called off.
He said the girl was the last of three drowned victims found.
A family of five were swept away during a water surge incident in a monsoon drain in Jalan KP 4/9 Kota Perdana in Seri Kembangan, here on Sunday.
The Indonesian family had gone to the area to go fishing.
In the incident which occurred at about 5pm, a sudden water surge in the monsoon drain caused Ahmad Suriadi, his wife and three children aged between four and 10, to slip at the location and be swept into a river in Kota Perdana.
Ahmad Suriadi, who survived, contacted the MERS999 hotline for help. One of his three children, nine-year-old Mohd Alif, was found safe by members of the public at 5.30pm.
At 7pm, the body of one of his sons, Mohd Diham, 10, was found about one kilometre from the location where they fell.
Yesterday, the Selangor Fire and Rescue Department recovered the body of Ahmad Suriadi's wife Juliana, 38, at 1.18pm at Lombong D'Island near Taman Lacattage, Putra Perdana, which is about seven kilometres from the area where the incident happened.