Kuala lumpur: The body of an Orang Asli man, who had been reported missing in Sungai Cherandong in Kuala Kubu Bharu since early yesterday morning, was found by a search and rescue team today.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, Selangor Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) assistant operations director, Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar, stated that the victim’s body was caught on a submerged tree in the river. “The body was discovered at 10.53 am near the Rimba Bayu campsite, about 300 metres from the original location where the victim is believed to have fallen,” he said in a statement today.

After receiving an emergency call at 2.36 am yesterday, JBPM dispatched personnel from the Kuala Kubu Bharu station, who arrived at the scene by 2.50 am. Water Rescue Teams from Shah Alam, Port Klang, and KLIA Fire and Rescue Stations assisted in the operation, searching a six-kilometre radius of the riverbank from the point where the victim was reported missing.

He added that yesterday’s search was suspended at 7 pm due to poor weather and limited visibility, before resuming this morning.