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Teen goes missing while playing in rural S’wak river

Search ops for 15-year-old boy, who went missing yesterday afternoon, ongoing

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 09 Mar 2021 5:33PM

Teen goes missing while playing in rural S’wak river
A view of Sg Tutoh located deep in Marudi district in northern Sarawak. – Villager’s pic, March 9, 2021

by Stephen Then

MIRI – A 15-year-old boy has gone missing while playing in Sg Tutoh, deep in the interior of Marudi district in northern Sarawak.

Search-and-rescue operations were mounted at 11am today, said the state Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba).

The boy, identified as Ronia Bajut, went missing yesterday afternoon.

“Bomba Marudi received an alert about the missing boy only around 10.50am today.

“Search-and-rescue personnel have been deployed to the site.

“The search ops is in progress.” – The Vibes, March 9, 2021

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