KOTA TINGGI, Malaysia - 46-year-old man drowns after slipping and falling into Sungai Mawai Lama at a jetty in Batu 11, near Kampung Mawai Baru here Monday (Dec 9).

Kota Tinggi Fire and Rescue Department operations commander Ibrahim Wahid said the department had received a distress call from the victim's family at 8.47pm Monday.

"Eight firemen in one fire engine from the Kota Tinggi Fire and Rescue station were deployed to the scene immediately," he said in a statement Tuesday (Dec 10).