JOHOR BARU, May 2 -- The body of the missing five-year-old autistic boy who fell into Sungai Skudai in Johor was found by a search-and-rescue team near the location he was last seen in Kampung Sepakat Baru in Skudai here late last night.

Skudai fire and rescue station operations commander Saifulbahri Safar said the boy's body was found at 11.15pm, about 130 metres away from the location where he reportedly fell.

He said the boy, a person with disabilities, had fallen at a depth of four metres into the river.

"The victim's remains were handed over to the police for further investigation before being sent to the Sultanah Aminah Hospital (HSA) here for an autopsy," he said in a statement today.

A seven-man search-and-rescue team was desp...