KINABATANGAN: A plantation worker is missing and feared to have been attacked by a crocodile while fishing in a river near Ladang Kompas Tenggara, Sukau, on Friday night.
Kinabatangan Fire and Rescue chief Hairi Otuh said firefighters received an emergency call from police at 1.07pm on Feb 7 reporting the disappearance.
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The victim, identified as 48-year-old Stefanus Martin, was last seen leaving home around 8pm the previous night to check fish nets near the plantation.
When he failed to return, co-workers searched the riverbank and found only his clothes and fishing net at the scene.
The discovery strengthened suspicions that he was attacked by a crocodile during the activity.
A rescue team from the Kinabatangan station was deployed to the area, about 35km away, to conduct a search and rescue operation.
