PETALING JAYA: A resident living near Sungei Sireh jetty in Port Klang where six-year-old William Yau's body was found told a Coroner's Court that he never saw a boy that age playing near the jetty.

Satarudin Kamal, 45, was asked whether a Chinese boy aged between six and seven years was spotted playing in the jetty area.

"I have never seen the boy between that age at the jetty area as it is restricted to members," he said. Satarudin was giving his evidence at the inquest to find out the cause of William Yau's death.

William was reported missing in Putra Heights, Subang Jaya on Jan 16 after his father Yau Kok Kang and mother Goh Ying Ying had gone briefly to a store to buy a washing machine, leaving the boy with his two other siblings in the car.

Satarudin, a supervisor at the fishermen's market, said William Yau's body was swollen and decomposed when it was first discovered by a fisherman at the jetty on Jan 24.

He said the body was found floating face up near a boat with the eyes missing probably eaten by fishes.

He said he saw the body being swept by waves from Sungai Kelang while having a drink with his fellow fishermen at a coffee shop at about 6.30pm.

"My friend Yusuf Osman and I rushed to the place where the body was seen floating and tied the legs with ropes to prevent it from drifting away.

"Yusuf later pulled the body to the side," he said.

To another question by DPP Lee Keng Fatt on gender, Satarudin said: "Physically the body was like an eight-year-old boy".

Meanwhile, a worker at William Yau's father's shop, Lim Say Kim, 28, said he knew the family for about five years and had been working at Yau's motorcycle repair workshop for the past three years.

Lim said he had never seen the boy's parents quarrel.

Asked by Coroner Mohd Hezri Shaharil on the last time he saw William Yau, Lim said it was between 5pm and 6pm the day he was reported missing.

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