Body of Bera mum who saved toddler found after 3-day search

BERA: A 31-year-old housewife who was swept away by strong currents after the car she was in rolled into Sungai Triang on June 9 has been found drowned.
The body of Sakirah Akop was discovered some 2.5km from where she was last seen, at 8.12am today.
District police chief Superintendent Zulkiflee Nazir said joggers had spotted the body floating near the riverbank.
"The body was located about 2.5km from the point where she fell into the river. A search and rescue team was deployed by boat to retrieve the remains.
"The body was brought to the Sungai Triang jetty near the Kerayong wet market at around 9am and subsequently sent to the forensic unit at Bera Hospital for a post-mortem," he said in a statement today.
In the 1.30pm incident on June 9, Sakirah and her 16-month-old daughter had accompanied her husband, a 32-year-old soldier, on a fishing trip at Sungai Triang.
The mother and daughter were inside their Perodua Bezza, which had been parked along the riverbank, when it suddenly rolled forward. Sakirah managed to hand her daughter to her husband just moments before the vehicle plunged into the river.
Yesterday, military divers from the 22nd Commando Regiment Special Service Group recovered the Bezza at 10.45am, about 40m from the spot where it entered the river. However, Sakirah was not found inside the car.

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