Swollen river leaves climbers stranded


KUCHING: Everything was going fine for a team of 30 climbers reported missing on Gunung Brik until they encountered a swollen river on their way down.

Team leader Doni Sahari, 52, said it began to rain as the group was descending the 476m mountain on Sunday.

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