'Huge crocodile' mauls migrant worker to death in Malaysia
An Indonesian migrant worker has been killed by a crocodile on his day off in Malaysia.
Muhammad Sopyanv Nasution, from Medan in North Sumatra, was found dead by the Sarawak River near Miri, the Jakarta Post has reported.
The 22-year-old had earlier been reported missing by staff at the plywood factory where he worked, on October 30.
A man was killed by a crocodile in Malaysia while enjoying his day off. Getty
His body was found the next day by a stream, and authorities said a friend of Mr Nasution's told them that a crocodile had "snatched" him as he walked on a water pipeline.
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A spokesman for the Agency for the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers, Muhammad Fuad Wahyudi, also confirmed the man's death, saying he had been "mauled" by a "huge crocodile".
Mr Nasution's body was returned to Indonesia on the weekend, where it was given to his family for burial.
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