KOTA BHARU: A man is feared to have drowned after he jumped into Sungai Golok trying to evade the police during an operation at 8pm on Thursday .
The victim, Mohd Yuki Mohd Yusoff, 41, was said to have not surfaced after jumping in, Fire and Rescue Department senior operations commander Mohd Azmi Hussin said, adding that they received a call about the matter at 3.17am on Friday . "We opened an operations room in Pulai General Operations Force Post, Pasir Mas and began the search and rescue operation at 3.55am but suspended it at 4.10am before resuming at 8am today.
"Eight firefighters with an engine from Pasir Mas were dispatched early this morning, with 19 more added in the later phase of the operation,” he said in a statement. The search is being conducted along the river’s coast and surface, with dives conducted by the water rescue team from Pengkalan Kubor Fire and Rescue Station, Tumpat, he added.- BernamaMalaysia-China 50th Anniversary: Retirees cycle over 15,000km to Beijing