HULU SELANGOR: The father of a teenage girl believed to have gone missing while hiking at Bukit Changkat Asa in Tanjong Malim on Saturday (May 23) is hoping that the ongoing search and rescue (SAR) operation will uncover new leads in the effort to locate his daughter.
Azizul Abdul Aziz, 48, said he and his family had come to terms with all possibilities as the search for his daughter, Nur Izzati Humaira, 18, entered its third day on Monday (May 25).
"Whether she is still alive or not, we are prepared for any possibility and only hope she can be found soon so she can be laid to rest properly,” he said when met at the Fire Control Post.
Azizul, who lives in Felda Trolak Utara, said Nur Izzati, who is the second of four siblings, had not shown any unusual behaviour before her disappearance and had recently been very cheerful as she had just obtained her driving licence.
He said his daughter had also recently started working at a restaurant near Maktab Rendah Sains Mara Sungkai and was active in netball.
"Even after graduating, she would still return to her former secondary school voluntarily to help train the school team,” he said.
According to Azizul, his daughter had only become interested in hiking in the past few years.
"I once climbed Mount Belumut, in Klang, with her before, but was unable to join the trip on Saturday,” he said.
On the day of the incident, Nur Izzati Humaira had been hiking with her mother, sister, aunt and two cousins.
She is believed to have gone missing at about 10.50am while descending the hill after deciding to walk ahead alone because she was feeling hot and tired.
The teenager was last seen wearing a brown hijab, a dark green long-sleeved shirt, black trousers and blue shoes. – Bernama
