A two-year-old who was reported missing after getting lost in a thick oil palm plantation in the Sematan district of southern Sarawak early yesterday afternoon was located alive today, 24 hours after going missing.
According to the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department, Muhammad Rayyan Abdul Qayyum was discovered about three kilometers from the Kg Perigi Quarry workers’ quarters at around 1pm.
Daisy, a tracker dog, discovered the boy.
After he went missing from the quarters around 2pm yesterday, his mother filed a police report.
“The mother was waiting with the son for her husband who was working in the quarry when the boy wandered off while playing around the workers’ quarters,” the department said in a statement.
“After realising the boy had gone missing, she and the workers launched a search but could not find him. The mother lodged a police report soon after.
“Police and Fire Department units from Lundu town conducted search-and-rescue operations since yesterday but could not find the missing child.
“This morning the search was extended to a 3km radius from the point the child went missing into the oil palm plantations nearby.
“The boy was found alive at about 1pm,” it added.
The search teams also included the Civil Defence Department and nearby villagers.
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