SRI AMAN: A local man reported missing after installing a fish trap in a drainage channel yesterday (May 31), has been found drowned this morning (June 1).
The victim was identified as Roy Martin Lebat, 21, from Rh Nanyi Gran C Stumbin.
A spokesman for the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said the victim’s body was discovered around 10.55am by the department’s diving team.
His body was retrieved from a culvert and it was handed over to the police to be taken to the hospital for post-mortem procedures.
Following the finding, the search and rescue (SAR) operation ended at 11am.
Yesterday, Roy left his house on a motorcycle at around 8am to install a fish trap at the drainage channel at Sungai Gran Bukit Munggu.
However, he did not return home and was feared to have drowned. This prompted the victim’s family to perform an initial search party to look for Roy before they filed a missing person’s report for further search assistance.
Firefighters from Sri Aman station along with the police and Civil Defence Force (APM) were dispatched to the scene after being alerted of the incident.
