Bentong fire and rescue station chief Mohd Zamri Abdul Ghani said the remains of the child were recovered at about 10.30am.

He said the body was found floating and trapped in a pile of wood at the edge of the forest area near the Karak Highway heading to Kuala Lumpur, about 1km from the scene.

“We found the body at KM66.2 of the Karak Highway,” he told Bernama at the scene.

He said the identity of the boy had yet to be established, but the department believed that the body was that of Emmanuel Chang, aged six.

“We will call his parents for the identification process,” he said.

According to Zamri, the search and rescue operation began at 9.40am today involving 26 members of the fire and rescue department and the civil defence force.

He said the operation was still ongoing with the assistance of two K9 tracker dogs to locate the last victim who is also the owner of the chalet, Bobby Lim Yoke Hoong.

Yesterday, the body of a woman was found at 10.15am and identified as Yap Koon Lan, 66.

On Saturday, more than 30 people, including nine children, were faced with a tense situation when they were stranded in a mud flood while putting up at the Bobby Eco Farm Resort in Bentong, Pahang.