A Penan woman whose husband went missing mysteriously three months ago still believed her husband is still alive and well even though the authorities had ceased their search and rescue operation.
Thirty-year old Usun Malin from Ba'a Puak in Tutoh said the last time she saw her husband 33-year old Emang Moyong was on 2 November last year at Kilometre 6 Petronas camp near Lapok while having lunch there with her husband and her three brothers Nyagong, Bawing and Selapan.
According to Usun, the husband and her siblings were brought to the camp purportedly to do filming on the Penan's way of hunting monkeys with blowpipe at Loagan Bunut by a local man known to them.
Usun, a mother of two children 8-year old Maria and 6-year old Mathew held the local man responsible for the disappearance of her husband by explaining the actual circumstances of her husband's disappearance.
According to her, the man never came to see the family after the incident.
“I have heard a lot of rumours regarding the mysterious disappearance of my husband. Some said he deliberately ran away, others said he had gone home and others said he was having affairs somewhere. I reject all such rumour,” said Usun.
She told this to the Borneo Post yesterday.
Meanwhile 37-year old Selapan the last man with Emang before his disappearance related that the group should have return to Ba'a tribe on 2 November.
"We arrived at Long Lama approximately 10.30 am and need to buy some essential goods . Suddenly the local man decided to return to camp 6, giving the reason of wanting to do filming at Loagan Bunut, " said Selapan.
According Selapan, the local man brought him and Emang while leaving three other Penan men behind after lunch at the camp. The local man brought them to Loagan Bunut.
"We arrived at Long Lama approximately 10.30 am and need to buy some essential goods . Suddenly the local man decided to return to camp 6, giving the reason of wanting to do filming at Loagan Bunut, " said Selapan.
According Selapan, the local man brought him and Emang while leaving three other Penan men behind after lunch at the camp. The local man brought them to Loagan Bunut.
"I saw two 4WD vehicles following us from behind which I thought were the film crew. But there was no filming instead the local man drove around for a while before he brought us to the Loagan Bunut hill," said Selapan.
Selapan alleged the local man then forced them to sign a document the content of which they did not know. They refused to sign the document.
"He forced us to sign the document and when we refused he forced us out of the vehicle but we refused to leave. Frustrated the man himself went out without saying anything, "
When the man did not return, both of them came out of the vehicle.
"At that time we saw 10 men from the vehicles that had been following us approached. They looked as if they wanted to frighten us, "
It was at this juncture that Emang ran into the jungle and never to be seen again.
"I tried to run after Emang but it was getting dark by the time," said Selapan.
The next day he continue tracking Emang in the jungle but his effort was futile and he returned to the camp.
Meanwhile, the Long Lama police chief Sergeant Wahid Abdullah, when contacted yesterday confirmed receiving a missing person report on November 7
"A search and rescue operation involving 14 officers was launched twice one in November and another one in December which lasted a total of three weeks," he disclosed.
"However, during the three week operation we cannot locate the missing person Emang Moyong," he added.
"He forced us to sign the document and when we refused he forced us out of the vehicle but we refused to leave. Frustrated the man himself went out without saying anything, "
When the man did not return, both of them came out of the vehicle.
"At that time we saw 10 men from the vehicles that had been following us approached. They looked as if they wanted to frighten us, "
It was at this juncture that Emang ran into the jungle and never to be seen again.
"I tried to run after Emang but it was getting dark by the time," said Selapan.
The next day he continue tracking Emang in the jungle but his effort was futile and he returned to the camp.
Meanwhile, the Long Lama police chief Sergeant Wahid Abdullah, when contacted yesterday confirmed receiving a missing person report on November 7
"A search and rescue operation involving 14 officers was launched twice one in November and another one in December which lasted a total of three weeks," he disclosed.
"However, during the three week operation we cannot locate the missing person Emang Moyong," he added.
Asked whether the police still continue its search and rescue operation, he said the case had been closed since the previous operation were unsuccessful.
"The more we look, the more distant he fled. Hence we decided to close this case. We have been trying to do our best to find Emang, " he said.
Meanwhile, the headman of Long Sayan (another Penan longhouse) Ajang Kiew when met revealed a search and rescue committee involving 5 Penan longhouses had been set up to continue searching for Emang in the jungle.
"The more we look, the more distant he fled. Hence we decided to close this case. We have been trying to do our best to find Emang, " he said.
Meanwhile, the headman of Long Sayan (another Penan longhouse) Ajang Kiew when met revealed a search and rescue committee involving 5 Penan longhouses had been set up to continue searching for Emang in the jungle.
"We viewed this incident seriously. We want the local man to come forward to explain exactly what had happened," said Ajang. ENDS.
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Caption: STILL WAITING: Usun with her two children hoping for a miracle.
