IPOH, Sept 5 (Bernama) -- A man, who has been reported missing since Wednesday (Sept 3), is feared to have drowned while bathing in a river in Sungai Baru Labu, Bota Kiri near Seri Iskandar.
Perak Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) acting assistant director of operations Shazlean Mohd Hanafiah said they received a call at about 5.46 am before a team from the Seri Iskandar Fire and Rescue Station was dispatched to the scene, about 20 kilometres (km) away.
He said 27-year-old Muhammad Nurman Mohd Nor is believed to have failed to return home since 2 pm on Wednesday after shepherding cattle into the barn.
"The victim then told his father that he wanted to bathe in the river. However, the victim never returned home and only his clothes were found near the location,” he said in a statement today.
Shazlean said they conducted a search and rescue operation using a boat from the Teluk Sena Department of Irrigation and Drainage Jetty to where the victim was last seen in Kampung Baru Lambor Kiri, 3km away.
He said police and the fishermen's association members are also assisting in the search and rescue operation.
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