Hoe Yean clocked a time of 3:50.63s to finish ahead of Vietnam’s Tran Van Nguyen Quoc (3:53.18s) and Nguyen Huy Hoang (3:53.50s).

National swimmer Dhuha Zulfikry finished eighth with a time of 4:04.29s.

Hoe Yean’s first gold was in the men’s 200m freestyle last Sunday.

Malaysia also picked up a silver medal in the men’s 50 breaststroke through Andrew Goh, who clocked 27.96s behind Singapore’s Chan Chun Ho (27.68s). Indonesia’s Felix Viktor Iberle took bronze in 28.02s.

In the men’s 100m butterfly, Goh Li Hen delivered a bronze medal with a time of 2:03.02s, losing to gold medallist Wongsakorn Patsamarn of Thailand (2:02.87s) and runner-up Mochammad Akbar of Indonesia (2:06.46s).

National swimmer Goh Li Jie finished eighth with a time of 2:08.48s.