Search for 84yo Igoh has been called off after nine days of efforts to find him failed.

ENGKILILI, Feb 26 2026: After nine days of fruitless search, an operation to look for 84-year old Igoh anak Sengaling has been temporarily suspended  for now or when there are new leads, Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said in a statement late this afternoon.

Caption: A meeting between Igoh's family members and representatives of the search to call off the search and rescue operation 

 The department said the search and rescue (S&R) operation was temporarily suspended on the instructions of the head of Skrang Police Station.

“If there are any new leads, the police will contact the fire department,” it said.

The search operation for Igoh, a resident of Rumah Richard Tawan, Tebarong, Lubok Skrang in Engkilili, began on Feb 19 when the Fire Department received a call from the police.

According to the department, Igoh was reported missing after leaving his longhouse to seek treatment at the Skrang Scheme Clinic.

He was reported to have left home on February 18 at approximately 7am by boarding his own boat to go to the clinic to get medicine.

According to family members, he did not return home as usual after the incident.

The family members and residents of the longhouse conducted a search around the longhouse area and nearby forests, but failed to find any traces or clues throughout the two days of search efforts.

A police report was made on February 19 at approximately 7:51pm.

The search party consisted of personnnel from the Fire Department, police, Civil Defence Department and the longhouse residents.

The search party, however, found the boat, about 1.5km from the base station, said to have been used by Igoh to go to the clinic.

The search along the river was also carried out to the upper reaches of the Skrang River, radius 7km.

The search party also found footprints, and broken branches.