Nine climbers trapped on Gunung Gading in Lundu

According to a Lundu Fire and Rescue Department spokesman, a search and rescue team was on its way to the location where one of the climbers was reported to have suffered an injury.

The spokesman said the Lundu Fire and Rescue Department had received a distress call at 6.30pm today.

Meanwhile, in an unrelated incident in Kota Samarahan, a boat was reported to have capsized in a river near Kampung Serpan, Asajaya, Kota Samarahan.

The spokesman said the capsized boat was found about eight kilometres from the Kampung Serpan jetty but the victim was not found.

Due to failing lights, the search and rescue operation was called off at 6.50pm but would continue tomorrow morning, he said.