Hiker's body retrieved from Gunung Liang after weather delays airlift

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The body of a hiker, who was found dead on Gunung Liang in Tanjung Malim, was safely retrieved by the Fire Department Air Unit on Friday (Oct 17) afternoon.  A spokesman from the Tanjong Malim Fire and Rescue Department said the remains were handed over to the police and taken to Slim River hospital for a postmortem.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/mu5anh22  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The body of a hiker who was found dead on Gunung Liang in Tanjung Malim was safely retrieved by

00:08the fire department air unit on Friday afternoon. A spokesman from the Tanjung Malim Fire and Rescue

00:14Department said the remains were handed over to the police and taken to Slim River Hospital for

00:20a post-mortem. The 34-year-old victim, Mustaqim Mansur from Sungai Petani, Kedah, went missing

00:27while hiking Gunung Liang with 10 friends. They began their hike from Fraser's Hill on October

00:32last Friday. The victim was last seen at the summit of Gunung Liang Barat at about 10.30pm on Tuesday.

00:39He was found dead by search and rescue personnel at the summit at about 3.30pm on Thursday. Efforts to

00:46bring the body down by helicopter were hampered by adverse weather. According to one personnel who

00:52found him, the victim was in a sleeping position on his side with slight bleeding from his nose,

00:58which may have been caused by the cold weather, commonly referred to as hypothermia.

01:03Meanwhile, Perak Deputy Police Chief S.A.C. Mohamed Azlin Sadari said two mountain guides in their 40s

01:10who were with the victim's group have been detained for entering a forest reserve area

01:15without a valid permit. They have been released on police bail after having their statements recorded.

01:22in aителium of his own. They have been taken to a police hospital in a sentencing while

01:25walking, and they have been released on police. They are on police Cópiz, in a hotel

01:26of the internet, and they may use theiriatrics for returning to their respective

01:28competition to their chronological activities. They were used at the table in a moment.

01:28They have been released on police level for their patients, so they have been released on social

01:30non-recognism, so they have been released on police bail after the open lookout.

01:31In the case, if you have been released on police, they have been released on a

01:33phone call for a launch this week. They have been released on police duty of the

01:35position of the end, and they have been released on police management, so they are

01:37in a mental condition of the limits. They have been released on police

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