By DayakDaily Team
SONG, Oct 27: A search and rescue (SAR) operation has been launched for a 52-year-old man who was reported missing after failing to return from a foraging trip in the forest at the Sungai Pera area, Nanga Bangkit, here on Monday (Oct 26).
According to the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba), firefighters from the Song station were deployed after receiving a call at 8.49am.
The report stated that on Oct 22 at 11am, the victim, identified as James Nanta from Rumah Sebastian Tambi in Nanga Bangkit, Song, informed his sibling that he wanted to go into the forest to gather forest produce.
However, the victim did not return, prompting longhouse residents to search for him near Sungai Pera on Oct 23. The victim’s sibling then went to the police station to lodge a missing person report.
The SAR operation entered its second day today.
The victim is described as around 158cm tall and weighing 50 kg, with a slim build and dark brown skin. He is of Iban ethnicity.
The report also noted that the victim has an eagle tattoo on one hand and another on the nape of his neck, though details about the second tattoo were uncertain. — DayakDaily
