THE father of a 10-year-old child who drowned while fishing on a ‘kelong’ (offshore fishing platform) at Pantai Sungai Lurus, Senggarang, in Batu Pahat yesterday.

According to Johan Ali, 55, his only child had asked several times to join him for fishing trips at sea, but he had not allowed it due to bad timing and weather, since he usually went fishing at night. However, he decided to fulfil Mohammad Adam Dani’s request as he planned for daytime fishing on November 2.