00:00All six hikers who were reported missing during a hiking expedition have been found safe at Gunung Bongok, about 14
00:07.3 kilometres from the Poskemar Search and Rescue Operations Centre in Garrick.
00:13Garrick O CPD Superintendent Abdul Samad Othman said police received information at about 5pm on Monday that all six hikers
00:23were safe.
00:24He said it would take between six and eight hours to hike from Poskemar to Gunung Bongok.
00:31Based on the information received, a strategic search operation will now be conducted to bring the hikers to safety.
00:39An 11-member team comprising police, fire and rescue personnel, Forestry Department officers and Civil Defence Force members will be
00:48flown by helicopter to Kem Kulim.
00:50From there, the team will hike about 4.3 kilometres to Gunung Bongok, a journey expected to take around two
00:58hours.
00:59The hikers are expected to make their way downhill towards Kem Kulim, while the rescue team will head uphill from
01:05the camp.
01:07Authorities expect both groups to meet halfway.
01:10If the rescue team locates the hikers, they will camp at the location overnight and be brought out of the
01:16forest the following morning for safety reasons.
01:19The group, which included two children aged 9 and 13, went missing after entering the Gunung Trans-Gerak area in
01:27lodging on August 29.
01:29The hikers are identified as 49-year-old Shafi Siddiq, 43-year-old Hazman Mamat, 39-year-old Wan Ahmad
01:39Aslam Wan Zairuddin, 39-year-old Siti Zulaiha Norizan, 13-year-old Dia Raisha Wan Ahmad Aslam, and 9-year
01:49-old Ahmad Raif Wan Ahmad Aslam.
01:59Thank you very much luôn.
02:00Thank you very much.
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