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The Star
06-05-2025
- The Star
‘We have lost all of our children now'
Grappling with loss: Kuala Krai district police chief Supt Mazlan Mamat (right) accompanied by the victims' grandfather Hamzah (second from right) informing family members of the discovery of the two brothers who drowned in Sungai Gilat, Kampung Lubok Kawah. — Bernama MACHANG: 'It's just me and my wife now. All five of our children have died.' That was the mournful lament of Orang Asli Rantau Atan, 45, after identifying the bodies of his two sons, who were found drowned in Sungai Gilat, Kampung Lubok Kawah in Kuala Krai. 'I lost three daughters earlier to road accidents and illness. Now, Rahidi and Irruwan have also gone, leaving just me and my wife,' he said. His wife, Noriah Hamzah, is 30. Yesterday, Rantau first identified the body of his older son, Irruwan Rantau, 18, at the Machang hospital Forensic Medicine Unit, and then went to Hospital Tanah Merah with his father-in-law, Hamzah Yahya, 62, and several friends to identify the remains of his younger son, Rahidi Rantau, 16. Rantau said he was shocked when he was told that they had drowned as 'they were both good swimmers'. 'They had probably never faced the strong current and the whirlpool of the river,' he told Bernama. He also said the two brothers were close-knit and were diligent in helping their family. Both of them, he said, had helped him in an oil palm plantation in Rompin, Pahang since they were young and they had worked for over a year tending to a watermelon crop in Kuala Krai. 'They were good children and had been willing to work to support the family since young,' he added. Rantau said he accepted the passing of his two children and was consoled by the fact that their bodies were found in a short period of time. The remains of both children will be brought home and buried in their hometown in Kampung Deraman, Rompin, Pahang, after the post-mortem. The two were believed to have gone fishing with relatives and friends in Sungai Gilat when they were swept away by the strong current. It is understood that the family, along with more than 30 Orang Asli from Rompin, came to the village to work on a watermelon plantation and were scheduled to stay there for a week.
Barnama
05-05-2025
- Barnama
Two Orang Asli Brothers Drowned In Sungai Gilat, Hardworking And Close To Family
MACHANG, May 5 (Bernama) -- Two Orang Asli siblings who were found drowned in Sungai Gilat, Kampung Lubok Kawah, Kuala Krai, were known as close-knit children who were diligent in helping their family. The victim's father, Rantau Atan, 45, said both of his sons had helped him in an oil palm plantation in Rompin, Pahang since they were young and they had worked for over a year tending to a watermelon crop in Kuala Krai. "They are good children and since they were young they have been willing to work to support the family. "Before going to Kuala Krai, there were no strange changes in them. I was very surprised when I was informed that they had drowned because they were both good swimmers, but they had probably never faced the strong current and the whirlpool of the river,' he told reporters at the Machang Hospital Forensic Medicine Unit today. Rantau attended the identification process of the body of his eldest son, Irruwan Rantau, 18, before going to the Tanah Merah Hospital with his father-in-law, Hamzah Yahya, 62, and several friends to identify the remains of his youngest son, Rahidi Rantau, 16. Rantau said he accepted the passing of his two children and was consoled that their bodies were found in a short period of time. 'Previously, I had lost three daughters due to road accidents and illness. Now, Rahidi and Irruwan have also gone. "It's just me and my wife, Noriah Hamzah, 30, after all five of our children died," he said in a mournful tone. According to him, the remains of both children will be brought home and buried in their hometown in Kampung Deraman, Rompin, Pahang, after the post-mortem. Today, Bernama reported that the bodies of the two brothers were found drowned in two different locations, namely in Pengkalan Pasir, Paloh Rawa, Machang at 8.50 am, and in Pengkalan Pasir, Bukit Panau, Tanah Merah at 10 am today.
