Missing soldier believed to have fallen to his death in Belum, say cops

IPOH: The soldier who went missing in the Belum Forest Reserve in Gerik on Friday (April 7) and was found dead five days later had died from head injuries.

Perak police chief Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri said the post mortem conducted at the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital here on Kpl Mohamad Nasri Mohd Nasib, 33, found that the cause of death was head injury consistent with fall.

"The body of the deceased has been handed over to the Army.

"The police would like to express its condolences to the victim's family," he said in a statement Thursday (April 13).

The body was found by search and rescue personnel on Wednesday (April 12) at about 10.15am.

Kpl Mohamad Nasri, a member of the 25th Battalion of the Royal Malay Regiment from the Sri Bentong camp in Pahang, had gone missing while on duty in the forest reserve.