BINTULU: Villagers found the body of a missing 13-year-old boy in the river at Kuala Tatau around 7.30pm on Wednesday.
Mohd Izzudin Abdullah Izman was reported missing around 5.30pm in the river near the Muara Kuala Tatau restaurant.
It is understood that the victim was trying to retrieve a football from the river when he fell in and disappeared.
The Tatau Fire and Rescue Department was alerted about the incident around 7.03pm and dispatched six personnel to the scene, located 42km from the station.
Upon their arrival some 30 minutes later, villagers had already recovered Mohd Izzudin’s body.
The body was then handed over to police for further action.