LUNDU: A 68-year-old man who was reported missing in a forest at Kampung Gerunggang, Lundu, has been found – alive!
Joseph Basir was found by his daughter around 5.10pm in a weak condition and brought safely home yesterday.
According to information gleaned from the victim’s daughter, on April 9 Joseph left the house with her two uncles to fish in Sungai Stunggang, Lundu.
They only realised he was missing after her two uncles returned home from fishing at 4pm but Joseph was not with them.
A search and rescue (SAR) operation was carried out by family members, which failed to locate Joseph.
A police report of a missing person was lodged, and subsequently, the Lundu Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) deployed its SAR team.
Those involved in the SAR included two Royal Malaysia Police officers, two police K9 unit, four Malaysia Civil Defence Force (APM) officers and 13 villagers.
Day four of the operation saw the SAR team divided into two groups and the search radius extended further up to 4.7 km from the last known location of the victim.
