Three-day search for 'missing' fisherman called off after wife finds him at relative's house


KOTA KINABALU: A three-day search for a fisherman reported "missing" in Sabah's northern Kudat waters ended Sunday (Jan 30) when it turned out that he was alright and staying at a relative's house in another area.

The wife, who alerted authorities that her 54-year-old husband was missing on Jan 27, told search and rescue personnel from the Fire and Rescue Department that she had found her husband staying with relatives at nearby Kg Rosob on Sunday (Jan 30).

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