Water surge tragedy: SAR op expanded to 32km radius


CHUKAI: The search and rescue (SAR) operation of eight missing victims involved in the water surge incident at Jeram Mawar, Air Putih here has been divided into three sectors with a search radius of 32km, police said.

Kemaman district police chief Supt Hanyan Ramlan said the first sector involved an area of up to eight km from the location of the incident, the second sector is the area from Air Putih Police Station to Sungai Pinang Dam (up to 15km) and the area from Sungai Pinang towards the mouth of Sungai Kemaman (15km above) is under the third sector.

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