SEREMBAN: The case of a missing 15-year-old Irish girl, on holiday here with her family, is not being treated lightly, say the police.
State deputy police chief Senior Asst Comm Che Zakaria Othman said there was a big deployment of 214 personnel members, including from the forensics unit, and six sniffer dogs, as well as the Fire and Rescue Department’s Storm and Scuba units.
The authorities have also deployed a helicopter and drones to look for the teenager in the dense jungle around the resort.
“We are going all out in our concerted search and rescue operation to look for Nora Anne Quoirin.
“So far, we have not ruled out any possibility, although we are investigating the case as a missing person’s report,” he told reporters yesterday.
SAC Che Zakaria was commenting on a statement by Nora Anne’s family that they were “increasingly frustrated” with the Malaysian police’s tactics to find her.
He said that so far police has recorded statements from 20 people.
“We have also lifted several finger prints from the window in her room,” he said, declining to give more details.
When asked how many staff members were working on the night before her disappearance, SAC Che Zakaria refused to elaborate, saying it was part of the investigation process.
But he confirmed that there were other guests staying in the hotel prior to her going missing.
The family believed that Nora Anne was taken from her hotel room as the window was open.
Nora Anne had checked in to the property with her parents Sebastian Marie Philipe and Meabh Jaseprine Quoirin, and siblings Innes Julia and Maurice Arthure last Saturday.
However, she was found missing the following morning in her room, which she shared with her siblings.
The girl, who is of French-Irish parentage, has learning difficulties.
It is learnt that the family had planned a two-week stay at the resort.
Apart from the police and firemen, others involved in the operation were personnel from the Civil Defence Force, Rela, Forestry Department, as well as Orang Asli from the Senoi Praaq unit, the local Orang Asli community and villagers.
Prior to this, police said there was no criminal element in her disappearance.
State deputy police chief Senior Asst Comm Che Zakaria Othman said there was a big deployment of 214 personnel members, including from the forensics unit, and six sniffer dogs, as well as the Fire and Rescue Department’s Storm and Scuba units.
The authorities have also deployed a helicopter and drones to look for the teenager in the dense jungle around the resort.
“We are going all out in our concerted search and rescue operation to look for Nora Anne Quoirin.
“So far, we have not ruled out any possibility, although we are investigating the case as a missing person’s report,” he told reporters yesterday.
SAC Che Zakaria was commenting on a statement by Nora Anne’s family that they were “increasingly frustrated” with the Malaysian police’s tactics to find her.
He said that so far police has recorded statements from 20 people.
“We have also lifted several finger prints from the window in her room,” he said, declining to give more details.
When asked how many staff members were working on the night before her disappearance, SAC Che Zakaria refused to elaborate, saying it was part of the investigation process.
But he confirmed that there were other guests staying in the hotel prior to her going missing.
The family believed that Nora Anne was taken from her hotel room as the window was open.
Nora Anne had checked in to the property with her parents Sebastian Marie Philipe and Meabh Jaseprine Quoirin, and siblings Innes Julia and Maurice Arthure last Saturday.
However, she was found missing the following morning in her room, which she shared with her siblings.
The girl, who is of French-Irish parentage, has learning difficulties.
It is learnt that the family had planned a two-week stay at the resort.
Apart from the police and firemen, others involved in the operation were personnel from the Civil Defence Force, Rela, Forestry Department, as well as Orang Asli from the Senoi Praaq unit, the local Orang Asli community and villagers.
Prior to this, police said there was no criminal element in her disappearance.
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