Search for missing 63-year-old woman continues today
PAKAN: The search and rescue (SAR) operation for a 63-year-old woman reported missing after she failed to return home since she left her longhouse Rumah Lingoh, Nanga Engkeraji near here last Friday (Nov 13) would be intensified when it resumes today.
Bintangor District Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) chief Nicholas Belulin said despite the assistance of Bomba’s Special Tactical Operation and Rescue Team of Malaysia (STORM) and Multi-Skill Team (MUST), the SAR operation still failed to locate the woman. They had sought the service of the Bomba Dog Unit (K9) to assist in today’s operation.
“Tomorrow’s (Nov 18) operation will be intensified with Bomba K9 Unit,” he said when contacted after yesterday’s operation was called off late afternoon.
Chemerai Mering was reported missing after she failed to return
home since she went out of her longhouse last Friday.
According to the report lodged by her brother at Julau Police
Station last Saturday afternoon, Chemerai went out last Friday morning to sort out official matters at Pakan Welfare Office. Since then, Chemerai did not return home and neither did anyone see her anywhere, he said.
They believe something could have happened to her while she was walking from the main road towards the longhouse.
Based on information gathered from the longhouse folks, she could have gone missing in Sungai Marau Salak, Entabai, where they found her belongings such as torchlight, medicines, clothes, toothbrush and bag, her brother said, adding the location was about half an hour’s walk to Rumah Lingoh.
The plastic bag in which she put her belongings was torn, but it did not provide any clue on what could have happened to her.