MUAR: A 20-year-old man went missing after he was last seen walking onto the exposed riverbed in Sungai Muar from Parit Tiram jetty along Jalan Salleh early yesterday.
The Fire and Rescue Department began a search and rescue (SAR) operation following a distress call at 3.32am.
Senior Fire Officer Johar Tumin said that witnesses saw the man heading toward the middle of the river but did not see him return to the banks.
SAR teams expanded their search to a 0.5-nautical-mile stretch downstream, using fibre boats to focus on a three-kilometre radius from where he was last seen, Johar said today.