Body believed to be of tour guide found by teams searching Mulu's Deer Cave

MIRI: Search and rescue teams have found a body inside the Deer Cave in Mulu National Park, believed to be that of missing tour guide Roviezal Robin.

Miri Fire and Rescue Department chief Supt Law Poh Kiong said the body is being carried out from the cave.

"The search team is carrying out the body from the cave and bringing it to the base camp. We will wait for Mulu to confirm the identity of the person," he said in his latest update at 11am on Monday (July 15).

Robin was leading nine foreign tourists into the cave when flash floods hit at 6pm Friday

Dutch tourist Peter Hoverkamp, 66, died in the tragedy after he and the 20-year-old Robin were swept away.

The other eight managed to escape to higher ground.