Fire Dept expands SAR ops to find missing boy and man


Members of the Fire and Rescue Dept Multi-Skill Team searching for 10-year-old Muhammad Riqullah in a waterway at Sungai Kemensah on Feb 12. The SAR operation has been expanded to a 3km radius. – BERNAMApic

KUALA LUMPUR: The search and rescue (SAR) operation to locate a boy feared to have drowned after falling into a drain in Ukay Perdana here has been expanded to a 3km radius from the incident site.

Selangor Fire and Rescue Department director Datuk Norazam Khamis said the team searched for Muhammad Riqullah Mohd Shafie, 10, up to the border of the SMART tunnel but did not find any sign of him.

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