2 fishermen go missing in Sungai Besar waters

 

The Selangor fire and rescue department received a distress call about the missing fishermen at 4.24pm today. (Bernama pic)

SHAH ALAM: Two fishermen, one of them an elderly man, went missing in the waters of Sungai Besar, Selangor, this evening.

Selangor fire and rescue department assistant director (operations) Ehsan Zain said a distress call was received at 4.24pm.

“One victim has been identified as a 67-year-old Malaysian man while the identity of his friend has yet to be determined,” he said in a statement.

He said a search-and-rescue operation has been launched to locate the victims in the coastal area, assisted by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA). - FMT