PETALING JAYA: Firemen here had to conduct a "sensitive" rescue operation for a man whose private parts were stuck inside a PVC pipe.

In a post on its Facebook page, the Fire and Rescue Department said it received a call from the Sungai Buloh hospital to aid the rescue of a 60-year-old man.

"Firefighters had to cut the PVC pipe using an air rescue ring cutter (ARRC)," the post read on Saturday (Nov 24).

It said the PVC pipe was two inches (5.1cm) long but did not specify its diameter.

It is not known how the victim ended up in such a situation.