Bomba personnel transfer the body of one of the victims from the boat to the shore.
SIBU (May 14): The bodies of two teenagers, who were feared drowned after they went missing while playing in the river in Durin on Friday, have been found this morning.
Sibu Civil Defence Force (APM) officer Wan Mohd Jabir Wan Mohd Barudin said the deceased were identified as Justin Siaw and Kong Wei Heng, both aged 15.
According to him, the bodies were found by the villagers within five-kilometre radius from the control post at Durin wharf.
“The first body was found at about 7.35am and the second body was recovered at about 8.50am.
“Both victims were later identified by their family members and their bodies were handed over to the police,” he said in a statement.
Following the discovery of the bodies, Wan Mohd Jabir said the search and rescue operation (SAR), which entered its third day yesterday, was ended.
According to an earlier report, the two victims were among the five youngsters including two girls hanging out at Durin wharf at around 4pm that day.
The boys went to play in the river while the girls played with their smartphones near the wharf.
It was said that the water at the wharf was not high at that time.
Later, while in the river, Siaw and Kong decided to walk further away from the wharf only to realise that the river was getting deeper. Neither of the boys could swim.
The third boy, who was also in the river, knew how to swim and attempted to save the two but was unsuccessful as the pair was too heavy.