If lost, stay put: Sabah forestry officer who found missing Singapore man

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The Singaporean hiker had gone alone for a hike in Malaysia’s Sandakan forest reserve when he got lost. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE — Do not move were the first instructions Sabah Forestry Department officers gave to a Singaporean man who hadAfter receiving a call for help from the man’s friend when the man failed to return to their lodgings from a solo hike, regional officer Janius Ebin and his team sprung into action, Mr Janius told The Straits Times on Tuesday.

He had gone alone for a hike in the Kebun Cina Forest Reserve, which covers an area of 148.7ha, or 200 football fields, near the port city of Sandakan in Sabah, East Malaysia. Mr Janius, who has been working with the forestry service for 34 years, said: “He said that after walking in the forest he forgot the way out. He walked back and forth as the day passed, and it became evening and got dark, and he eventually lost the trail.”

On receiving the report, Mr Janius gathered a team from the Sandakan District Forestry Office and they headed to the nearest point to the man’s last known location.

 

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