Woman missing in Sook plantation found safe by villagers

9 May 2025 • 2:52 PM MYT
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By: Marutin Ansiung

SOOK: A woman in her 50s who was feared missing in a rubber plantation at Kampung Johan Jaya here on Thursday evening was found safe by villagers on Friday morning.

Sook Fire and Rescue station chief Faisal Ahmad said the woman was discovered by another plantation worker with firefighters at around 7.30am.

The station received an emergency call on Thursday reporting that the woman had not returned after heading to her plantation by car at 6am.

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Search efforts began that night after her car was found, with the Fire and Rescue team launching an SAR operation alongside villagers, though she was only found the next morning.