GUA MUSANG – Police ended a search-and-rescue operation for an Orang Asli man from the Bateq tribe who had been missing in a tiger attack since Tuesday when his body was found in Kuala Sg Tunggul yesterday.
Gua Musang district police chief Sik Choon Foo said the body of Halim Asin, 27, was found at 5.10pm in the river by the rescue team.
“The victim was found face down and was stuck on a tree stump at a distance of about 2km from the scene of the incident.
“The body, believed to have drifted away from the scene, was found partially clothed wearing only a dark-coloured shirt,” he told reporters when met at the crime-scene control post in Kg Aring 5, here today.
Sik said they decided to remove the victim’s body this morning for safety reasons and reached the banks of Sg Aring 5 at about 12.30pm.
He said the victim’s body was taken to Gua Musang Hospital’s forensic unit for post-mortem.
Eight personnel of the Wildlife and Parks Department and two from police’s General Operations Force were involved in the search, he added.
Meanwhile, the victim’s brother-in-law Kuang Cemetong, 31, who took part in the search since last Wednesday, expressed his relief that Halim’s body was found.
“I was one of the first to locate his body. I was very sad but relieved when Halim was finally found,” he said.
It was reported that the victim went missing while fishing with his 8-year-old nephew Alang Kuang at Sg Aring 5 and was feared to be the victim of a tiger attack. – Bernama, May 12, 2023
