KUALA TERENGGANU: The first wave of floods that affected Terengganu since last month have claimed four lives. State police chief Datuk Mohd Khairi Khairudin said the most recent death involved a 36-year-old man, Wan Muhamad Firdaus Wan Nasir, who was found drowned at an oil palm plantation in Felda Kerteh 3 in Ketengah Jaya, near Dungun.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, the man was reported missing after his motorcycle was swept away by the strong current while he was braving through a heavily flooded road. “The body was found at 2.15 pm yesterday by the fire and rescue department personnel and villagers,” Mohd Khairi said in a statement today.

He said the first casualty of the floods was a 66-year-old man, Tuan Jusoh Tuan Hassan, who drowned while fishing in a padi field area in Jalan Kampung Pinang, Besut, on Nov 28.

Mohd Khairi also reported that two siblings became victims of a landslide at their home in Kampung Bukit Apit, Ajil, near Hulu Terengganu, on Nov 29, at around 4.50 pm. He explained that t
he bodies of Puteri Sajidah Azman, 16, and her younger sister, Siti Fatimah, 13, were found at 6.30 pm and 7 pm respectively. “Investigations found that the landslide occurred from a hill behind their house, about 30 metres away, and heavy rain was falling at the time,” he added.