MIRI: A Bruneian youth drowned while trying to swim across the river into Sarawak's Limbang district to meet his in-laws. Sg Pandaruan serves as the border that separates Brunei from Limbang, which is located in Sarawak's northern district. He had attempted to swim across the river to meet his wife's family who lives on the Limbang side of the river on Christmas eve evening. A search and rescue operation, that was carried out, found his body floating about 100m from where he went missing, said Bomba Sarawak. The body of the youth has been handed over to the Brunei police, it added.

Source: thestar December 26, 2019 09:00 UTC