IPOH, May 24 — A teenage girl has been reported missing after possibly being lost while hiking at Bukit Changkat Asa near Tanjong Malim yesterday.

Perak Fire and Rescue Department operations division assistant director Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad said they received a call at 1.26 pm and dispatched a team of firefighters to the location.

“A girl, Nur Izzati Humaira Azizul, 19, is believed to have gotten lost while descending the hill during a hike with five friends and family members,” he said in a statement last night, adding that the search began at the last place she was seen.

The search and rescue operation was suspended at 7 pm yesterday and would be handed over to the Kuala Kubu Bharu Fire and Rescue Department for further action, he added. — Bernama