ALOR SETAR, Jan 5 — If you like it, you don’t always have to put a ring on it. Let alone two.

If you do, you may end up having to call the Fire and Rescue Department like a man in Alor Setar had to, to remove a couple of rings that were stuck on his penis after he failed to remove the rings on his own.

Station chief deputy fire superintendent Ahmad Naufal Abdullah told Berita Harian that they received the distress call at 4.07am from Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah (HSB). 

A team led by senior fire officer II, Ahmad Rusdi Lazimwas dispatched to assist with the matter at HSB. 

Naufal said that the team arrived at HSB for the ring cutting operation just five minutes after the call.

"The operation was done carefully using a ring cutter to avoid other serious injuries to the victim’s private part.

"The victim is 38 years old and is already married.”

The operation ended at 5.51 in the morning and involved four firemen from Alor Setar’s Fire and Rescue Department and an EMRS vehicle. 

The operation also turned out to be Alor Setar Fire and Rescue Department’s first emergency case for 2021.