Three men drowned at Gombak waterfall

KUALA LUMPUR: Three friends met a tragic death because of a lost slipper at a waterfall near Batu 16 Jalan Gombak Lama today.
In the 10.40am incident, 22-year-old Muhammad Abdullah was with his five friends when his slipper fell into a gorge.
In his attempt to retrieve the slipper, he slipped and fell into the whirlpool below.
Muhammad was with five other friends at the time and two of them, Azrul Hisham Azman and Mohd Sazwan Rahim, both 27, dived in after him but no one survived as they were swept up in the swirling currents.
He was a student at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), whereas Azrul Hisham was a former IIUM student while Mohd Sazwan was doing his masters at the Islamic Science University Malaysia.
Gombak OCPD Asst Comm Ali Ahmad said the bodies were sent to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital for post-mortem.
Meanwhile, a 49-year-old hiker died after he fell down an approximately 15-metre slope at Bukit Tabur in Ampang today.
Ampang Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Hamzah Alias said they were alerted about the incident involving the hiker, Goh Chong Teik, this morning.
He said that firemen had managed to get to the area where Goh was found near checkpoint three of the eastern section of the Bukit Tabur hiking trail at around 11.50am.
Hamzah said that Goh had suffered severe bleeding to the head and was rushed to the Ampang hospital where he was pronounced dead.
“His body has been sent to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital for a post-mortem,” he said.