GEORGE TOWN: A search and rescue operation is underway for a 74-year-old doctor who went missing while windsurfing off Tanjung Bunga tonight.
Penang Fire and Rescue Department assistant operations director John Sagun Francis said the state operations centre received a distress call from a member of the public at 7.42pm.
He said five firefighters from the Bagan Jermal fire station were deployed to the scene.
“Upon arrival, the team immediately launched a surface search operation in the waters off Tanjung Bunga,” he said in a statement tonight.
John said a forward control post had been set up to coordinate the search.
The operation is ongoing, with assistance from the police and Civil Defence Force personnel.