Palong: An elderly man has been reported missing in an oil palm plantation in Palong, near here, since yesterday.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, Deputy Fire Supt II Mohd Jefri Jamal stated that Abdullah Alias, 78, failed to return home after entering the plantation yesterday evening, but his motorcycle remained at the scene.

"Search and rescue operations resumed at 8.45 this morning. The operations centre has also called in three members of the Special Operations, Tactical and Rescue Team of Malaysia (STORM) to assist," he explained. "The victim left home at 5 pm and was reported missing about an hour later. Family members searched the plantation until 7 pm but found only his motorcycle," he added in a statement here today.

He further mentioned that the search and rescue across the 4.04-hectare plantation involves four members of the Palong Voluntary Fire Brigade, three police officers, and eight civilians.