KUCHING: A Search and Rescue (SAR) operation has been activated to locate four children who were reported missing since yesterday.
The authorities are searching for the children; two males and two females, aged between 10 and 14 from Kampung Telagus, Simunjan.
Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) assistant operations director Tiong Ling Hii said the department received an emergency call from the Simunjan district police headquarters on the missing victims at 8.23am today.
The incident is believed to have happened after the four victims were scolded by their family members for playing in the river.
As a result, the four went into a sulk and fled to the jungle. As of press time, there was still no trace of the victims.