Sungai baru labu: The search and rescue (SAR) operation for a victim reported missing near Sungai Perak in Sungai Baru Labu, Bota Kiri near Seri Iskandar continued today with the focus on searching areas covering a radius of about five kilometres. Perak Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) acting assistant director Shazlean Mohd Hanafiah stated that the search effort, now in its second day, also received assistance from the police and fishermen’s associations.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, Shazlean mentioned that the search operation began at 8.30 am this morning with police assistance and is concentrated on land within a five-kilometre radius based on information received the previous day. A report was received by the police about a sighting of an individual believed to be the victim near the river, leading to a simultaneous search on land and water in the afternoon. Unfortunately, the victim has not been found so far.

Shazlean noted that the search operation had to be postponed at 4.05 pm due to rain and will resume tomorrow. Yesterday, Shazlean reported that JBPM received a report of the man’s disappearance at 5.46 am. The victim, Muhammad Nurman Mohd Nor, 27, reportedly did not return home since 2 pm on Wednesday after putting the cow in the barn and informing his father of his intention to bathe in the river.