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KOTA KINABALU: The search for two little brothers who disappeared after their vehicle was washed away by flooding in Sabah’s inner Keningau district ended on a sad note after rescuers found their remains today.
The bodies of Amber Lim, 4, and Jason Lim, 6, were found in separate locations in the neighboring Tenom district. They were reported missing at Sungai Liawan in Kampung Dangulad in Keningau last Monday.
Rescuers found Amber’s body in Sungai Pegalan, near Kampung Jawa Sumbiling in Tenom at 2.15 pm, while Jason’s body was found 10 minutes later in Sungai Sigapon, about 3 km from where her younger sister was discovered. .
Keningau Fire Chief Yuszaimi Hairrul Azwan Juatan said Amber and Jason were found 19 and 21 km respectively from the original site where they disappeared.
“Both victims were taken out of the river and then handed over to the police,” he said, adding that the search and rescue operation also involved the civil defense department, Rela, scouts and villagers.
In the 12:08 am incident last Monday, the four-wheel drive (4WD) vehicle driven by his father was swept away by strong currents while crossing a bridge in Kampung Dangulad after the water levels in Sungai Liawan suddenly rose. .
Keningau Fire and Rescue Department Chief Mudi Pengiran said the father was separated from the two children during the incident, but the brothers were still in the vehicle when they took him away.
Mudi had said that this latest incident was the third case of vehicles being towed while crossing the same bridge in Sungai Liawan in recent years.
He said the first incident took place in 2018 and the next was last year where rescuers only managed to locate the vehicle but not the bodies of the victims.
