Dept: We were on search mission from day one


No sign nor scent: Fire and Rescue Department’s K9 unit on the ground to trace the orang asli children in the Tohoi forest reserve.

PETALING JAYA: The Department of Orang Asli Development dismissed accusations that it was slow in searching for the missing pupils near Gua Musang.

Its director-general Datuk Hasnan Hassan said its state officers had been on standby since the first day the children disappeared.

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