Father, son feared lost in Besut forest while searching for medicinal roots
JERTIH: A father and son are feared lost in a forest near the La Hot Springs recreational area in Hulu Besut after venturing in to search for medicinal roots on Thursday.
A father and son have gone missing in the Besut forest near La Hot Springs recreational area while on a search for medicinal roots on Thursday. The two individuals involved, Adam Adnan, 25, and his father Adnan Mohamad, 57, hail from Kulim and Alor Star in Kedah, respectively. They were temporarily residing in a chalet in Kampung Padang Landak before venturing into the forest at 7am that day.
According to Besut police chief Superintendent Mohd Rozaime Ab Rahim, Adam Adnan contacted a family member at 3:30pm the same day, expressing their predicament of being lost and unable to find their way out of the forest. However, there has been no communication from the two men since then, prompting their family to alert the authorities about their potential safety concerns.
A joint search and rescue operation involving the police, Fire and Rescue Department, Civil Defence Force, and villagers is currently being carried out in an attempt to locate the missing father and son.
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