IPOH, Sept 5 (Bernama) -- The search and rescue (SAR) operation for a man who is feared to have drowned in Sungai Baru Labu, Bota Kiri near Seri Iskandar, on Wednesday was postponed late this evening.
Perak Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) acting assistant director of operations Shazlean Mohd Hanafiah said the search was postponed at 6.40 pm due to dying light and safety factors.
In a statement tonight, Shazlean said the operation would resume at 8.30 am tomorrow.
Earlier, JBPM received information about the incident at 5.46 am today.
The missing person, Muhammad Nurman Mohd Nor, 27, reportedly did not return home since 2 pm on Wednesday, after herding cows into the pen and informing his father that he was going to bathe in the river.
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