Elderly man goes missing after working in his orchard


A search and rescue operation has been mounted by Kota Marudu Fire and Rescue Department on Thursday, after an 80-year-old man went missing at his orchard in Kampung Mangkaluah on Wednesday.

KOTA KINABALU: A search and rescue (SAR) operation has been mounted for an 80-year-old man in Kota Marudu who went missing on Wednesday (June 8).

The Fire and Rescue Department received a call at 9.59am on Thursday (June 9) saying that the octogenarian, from Kampung Mangkaluah, had not returned home from his orchard.

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