KOTA KINABALU: A man who was feared to have been swept away by strong river currents in Tambunan district has turned up safely at home.
A search and rescue operation was mounted after the family of Helry Junior Michel, 29, reported him missing on Monday morning.
However, he returned home early the next day.
Tambunan fire station chief Desmond Dominic said rescuers received a distress call at 6.20am on Monday and a search operation was mounted at Kampung Lobou-Lobou.He added the search operation was halted at 2.16am. The operation was supposed to resume at 7am yesterday.
“We were informed that the person who filed a missing person’s report had lodged another one at 6.59am, informing authorities of Helry’s safe return,” Desmond said.
He said it is unclear what actually had happened or where Helry was during the whole day as he was unreachable.
Keningau OCPD Deputy Supt Nor Rafidah Kasim said police did not receive an official report about the missing man, only updates on the incident.
“The man did not go missing. He just did not return home as usual and that could have caused the family to panic,” she said.
