A local man has been found dead while seven others remain missing after eight men were swept away by a sudden surge of water at a popular picnic spot along Sungai Pertak, Kampung Orang Asli Pertak, yesterday.
Seven of the victims are foreigners, including six Indian nationals and a 20-year-old man from Yemen, while the remaining two are Malaysians.
Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department director-general Datuk Seri Nor Hisham Mohammad identified the deceased as V Vijayan, a local man.
His body was discovered by firefighters at around 1.30am today near Pertak Bridge, approximately 2.7km from the spot where he was believed to have been swept away.
The seven missing victims comprise one Yemeni man, six Indian men and one Malaysian man.
Nor Hisham said search and rescue (SAR) teams had divided the search area into three main sectors to improve coverage and ensure a systematic operation along the river.
The search is currently being conducted across Sectors A, B and C, following the river’s flow in an effort to locate all the missing victims.
