BINTULU, Oct 29 2025: A 47-year old Indonesian worker died after a crocodile dragged him under water at an oil palm plantation, along MIri-Bintulu coastal road this morning.
Picture: Firemen and oil palm workers bringing out the body of the crocodile's victim from the river
According Batu Niah Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) station, the mutilated body of Muhlis Tentra was found about 500 metres from the spot where he was snatched by the crocodile.
The station said the incident happened when he and another worker were filling a drum with water at the bank of a river inside the oil palm plantation.
It said the victim frantically sought help from his friend before the reptile dragged him under water.
The incident happened at about 11.30am. His friend then sought help from other plantation workers in the effort to rescue the victim.
A police report was also lodged.
Muhlis’s badly mutilated body was found among the weeds about 4.40pm.
His body has been handed over to Batu Niah police.
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