Search for missing elderly woman enters second day

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Bomba operations post being set at the village.

SAMARAHAN: The search and rescue operation for an elderly woman who was reported missing from her house at Kampung Meranek here entered its second day yesterday.

Jimi Kipli, 72, is said to have left home and failed to return at the expected time of around 6.30pm on Saturday.

Her family, who feared she might have got lost in the jungle, immediately alerted the authorities and a search for her was carried out at the river by Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba), Civil Defence Department, police and the villagers.

According to Kota Samarahan Bomba operation commander Nik Muhammad Afiq Nik Roslan, they tried to track her based on clues left by her such as clothes, shoes and a basket found at the riverbank.