00:01A family of four and two mountain guides have been missing since September 1 while on a
00:07hiking trip in Gunung Transgera within the Lojing Permanent Forest Reserve.
00:12Guamusang Oh CPD Superintendent Sik Chun Fu said the group's last message was received
00:19at about 7.47am on September 1, saying they were safe and that it had not rained in the
00:26area for three days.
00:27The missing family from Yongpeng, Johor are 39-year-old Wan Ahmad Aslam, Wan Zairuddin,
00:35his wife Siti Zulaiha Norizan and their children, 13-year-old Diyah Raisha and 9-year-old Ahmad
00:42Raif.
00:42The two mountain guides are 49-year-old Shafi'i Siddek and 44-year-old Hazman Mamat, both from
00:49Kuala Krai.
00:50Police said the group entered the forest through Postako in Guamusang on August 29 and was
00:57scheduled to exit through Poskumar in Perak on September 3.
01:01A Kelantan mountain guide also met the group at Kemlata Ahir on August 30 before they continued
01:07their journey.
01:08The family received another message on August 31 saying the group was safe but slightly
01:14behind schedule.
01:15After failing to make contact with them, the family lodged a police report in Shah Alam on
01:22September 6.
01:22Garrick OCPD Superintendent Abdul Samad Othman said he is leading the search on the Perak side
01:30involving personnel from the Fire and Rescue Department, Forestry Department, Wildlife and
01:36National Parks Department, Civil Defence Force and Mountain Guides.
01:40Fourteen mountain guides have since joined the search, with six from Perak and eight from
01:45Colantan.
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