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Cambodian drowns in Ifugao waterfall

The Philippine Star
April 30, 2013 | 12:00am

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines – A 21-year-old Cambodian tourist drowned while frolicking at a waterfall in Banaue, Ifugao over the weekend.

Kim Lin’s body was recovered a few hours after he was reported to have drowned at the Tapia Falls in Batad village.

Ifugao police director Senior Superintendent Angelito Casimiro said Lin, who was a vacationing student from Seoul, Korea, was last seen alive frolicking at the falls amid heavy rains Sunday afternoon. – Charlie Lagasca, Raymund Catindig

 

BANAUE

CHARLIE LAGASCA

DROWNED

FALLS

FROLICKING

IFUGAO

KIM LIN

RAYMUND CATINDIG

SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT ANGELITO CASIMIRO

TAPIA FALLS
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