IPOH, Nov 9 — A two-year-and-10-month-old boy went missing while enjoying a family outing at Dataran Sungai Jahang, Kampung Jahang, near Gopeng, around midday today.
Perak Fire and Rescue Department Operations Division assistant director Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad said a team from the Gopeng Fire and Rescue Station was dispatched to the scene after receiving a call at 12.06pm.
“The search involved the police, villagers and a nearby tour company, which assisted by providing eight rafting boats.
“By 3.45pm, search teams had extended their initial search to a distance of four kilometres from the location where the victim was reported to have fallen,” he said in a statement.
He said the search area was being expanded this afternoon, with a control post already set up at the scene.
Personnel from the Kampar Fire and Rescue Station were also assisting by monitoring the river downstream near Kampar, he said, adding that the search is still ongoing.
In a separate incident on Pulau Pangkor, a 38-year-old Myanmar worker is feared drowned after reportedly suffering a seizure before falling into the sea.
Sabarodzi said the Pangkor Fire and Rescue Station team was mobilised after receiving a call at 12.54pm.
“The Operations Commander was informed upon arrival that a 38-year-old Myanmar national had suffered a seizure while on a boat docked at the jetty before falling into the sea.
“Efforts to locate the victim are ongoing,” he added. — Bernama
