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33 climbers feared missing on Mount Brik in Malaysia

12 December 2016 09:15 (UTC +04:00)

Thirty-three climbers are feared to have gone missing since Saturday during an expedition up Mount Brik in Kampung Tringus, about 30km from Bau town in Malaysia.

A report on the incident was lodged by an individual identified as Royling Ken at the Bau District Police headquarters here at 8.30am today after the climbers failed to return yesterday as scheduled, Malay Mail Online reported.

The spokesman said the Fire and Rescue Department was notified of the incident at 7.10am today and a team of fire-fighters from the Bau Fire and Rescue Station headed by Senior Fire Officer Kadri Bogol was mobilised to conduct a search-and-rescue operation.

A Special Tactical Operations Response Management (STORM) team and an elite Multi Skill Team (MUST) were expected to join the fire-fighters who began to move to the location this afternoon, the spokesman said, adding that the police, People’s Volunteer Corps (Rela) and villagers would also join the search.