A committee will be set up to probe into the death of a participant of the Port Dickson International Triathlon today.

Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman said the committee would be headed by the ministry’s secretary-general Lokman Hakim Ali.

"The committee will look into, among others, if there was any breach of conditions or laws,” he told reporters in Port Dickson.

He expressed his condolences to the family of Thram Wei Wong, 39, who drowned while participating in the 750m swimming event at the international triathlon.

Earlier, Syed Saddiq met Thram’s family members at the forensic unit of the Port Dickson Hospital.

The minister had earlier tweeted that he was en route to the location of the incident.

Port Dickson district police deputy chief DSP Mohd Faisal Mohd Noor had earlier said in a statement: "The victim is believed to have drowned while he was performing the swimming event.

"Fire and rescue personnel performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the victim but there was no response," he said adding that the victim was sent to the Port Dickson Hospital here for treatment, but was pronounced dead by a team of medical officers.

Meanwhile, Negeri Sembilan Fire and Rescue Department director Norazam Khamis said a 42-year-old foreign participant of the event was reported missing while performing the same swimming routine.

"We received a report from the organiser at 11.55am, saying that another participant has failed to report himself to the secretariat and upon receiving the report, we activated a search and rescue mission.

"The victim has been identified as Yuen Chi Yuen from Hong Kong," he told reporters.