KUCHING, Jan. 6 -- Police are searching for a man who was driving a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) that crashed and fell into the Batang Lupar River at Kampung Melayu Skait in Sri Aman earlier on Monday.

Sri Aman district police chief Supt Dennis Bunyam said the missing individual has been identified as 63-year-old Celsus Khaw Choon Seng, from Jalan Ensing, Batu Kawa, Kuching.

He was last seen wearing a T-shirt, long dark-coloured trousers and slippers.

"Early investigations revealed the victim went out alone from his home at 4pm on Sunday driving a white MPV heading to Sri Aman for a personal errand.

"His next of kin attempted to contact the victim, but he could not be reached. A police report was subsequently lodged," he said in a stat...