Story By: Lee Bullen, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Asia Wire Report

The parents of an 18-month-old toddler were devastated to discover his limp body resting over a bucket in the bathroom in the middle of the night with his head still submerged.

The incident took place at the family’s home in the city of Kuala Terengganu in the northern Malaysian state of Terengganu.

According to local media, the tot’s father Berita Harian got up just after midnight and noticed that the unnamed boy was missing. He woke his wife up and they searched the house for him.

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When the parents checked the bathroom they were shocked to see their limp son with his head stuck in a bucket full of water.

According to the devastated parents, their 18-month-old boy had already turned blue.

Hoping to save him, they rushed the toddler to a nearby hospital, but he was pronounced dead nearly an hour after arriving for emergency treatment.

The toddler’s body was transferred to the Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah in the city centre for an autopsy.

According to local media, the postmortem lasted over five hours and ultimately confirmed that the young boy died of drowning.

It is believed that the 18-month-old tot woke up and went to the bathroom while everyone was still sleeping.

According to police spokesman Suffian Sulaiman, the boy’s parents explained that the bathroom door is currently broken and their son would regularly toddle into the bathroom during the night.

Reports said that the police have classified the case as sudden death.