SAR operation launched for missing disabled man in Limbang forest

MIRI (Dec 23): A search and rescue (SAR) operation is underway for a 56-year-old man with disabilities who went missing after entering the forest near Mendamit Health Clinic, Limbang.

According to the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba), Limbang District Police Headquarters received a report around 1.10pm about the incident.

The missing man, Ganda Sandin, reportedly left his home in a nearby squatter settlement wearing only a towel and a shirt, and has not returned.

Despite efforts by his family, Ganda has yet to be located, Bomba added.

“A response team from the Limbang Fire and Rescue Station has been dispatched to the location about 44km away, arriving at the squatter house around 3pm.

“After a briefing, the SAR team were divided into two whereby the first team searched for the victim from the river area heading towards the forest behind the Mendamit Health Clinic, and the other team searched from the squatter settlement forest area towards the clinic,” the department said.

The first team returned to the assembly point around 4.04pm, and the second team around 4.17pm, with no sign of the missing man.

The operation was temporarily suspended due to bad weather and is scheduled to resume tomorrow morning.