KAMPAR, Nov 10 — A Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) lecturer and two students who were reported missing while climbing Gunung Bujang Melaka in Kampung Batu Berangkai here yesterday, were found safe at 12.45pm today.

Kampar police chief Supt Ng Kong Soon said the lecturer Tang Ying Ying, 30 and students Goh Kae Min, 22, and Yap Suan Zi, 21 were found about 500 metres from the Sungai Kichap Dam there.

“They were found by a SAR (search and rescue) team comprising eight firemen and two policemen. All were in good condition and did not suffer any injuries,” he told reporters here.

Earlier, Perak deputy police chief Datuk A. Paramasivam had said the three victims went up the hill at 6am yesterday for an academic exercise.  

“The victims had sent an SMS to a UTAR student saying they were lost and did not know their position before the matter was reported at the Kampar police station,” he told reporters here.

He said a team of 180 personnel from the Fire and Rescue Department, Civil Defence Department and police was deployed to find the victims at 7pm but the SAR mission was called off later in the night.

The SAR had resumed at 6.30am this morning beefed up by Senoi Prak trackers and helicopters. — Bernama