The floods in Pahang claimed its first victim today when a factory operator was found dead nearly three hours after he was reported to have fallen from his motorcycle while attempting to ride through floodwater on a road near a Chinese cemetery in Gambang, near Kuantan today.

Kuantan district police chief, ACP Wan Mohd Zahari Wan Busu said the victim identified as M Gunalan, 38, from Taman Gambang Makmur was found today at 2.22 pm, about 100 metres from the location he was last seen.

“According to witnesses...