A nine-year-old autistic boy drowned in a hotel lake in Lukut after leaving his room unnoticed, with the case classified as sudden death.

LUKUT: A nine-year-old autistic boy was found drowned in a lake within a hotel area here.

Port Dickson police chief Supt Maslan Udin said a report was received at 8.06 pm yesterday from a 44-year-old family member.

The child was reported missing at about 3.30 pm after he was believed to have left the hotel room unnoticed.

“The victim was at the location with his family for a holiday before he was found drowned in the lake by hotel staff and family members who were searching for him after realising he was not in the room,” he said in a statement.

Maslan said a post-mortem conducted at the Port Dickson Hospital Forensic Department confirmed the cause of death as drowning.

The case has been classified as sudden death.

 The Sun Malaysia