The left forearm of a five-year-old boy got caught in a coconut milk extracting machine in Gemas near here today, according to the Gemas Fire and Rescue Station.

Its chief, Syed Ammar Syed Abas, said the incident happened at the Bukit Rokan Utara market at about 9am.

He said fire and rescue personnel took about 20 minutes to release the boy's hand from the machine and rushed him to the nearest hospital.

The hand was injured but not severed, he told Bernama. -- Bernama