DUNGUN Fire and Rescue Station chief Sharizal Shamsudin confirmed a 16-year-old boy drowned while swimming with three other friends in a swampy area near Rantau Abang beach in Dungun.

He said the victim, Muhammad Hazrie Ezani Abdullah, who is also a student at the SMK Kompleks Rantau Abang was found by the water rescue team at 6.10pm today.