Whenever you go for hiking adventure in Cameron Highlands do be careful! For instance this navy man that went missing in Gunung Brinchang, Cameron Highlands. This was not the first time I have come across this kind of jungle hiking misadventures, especially the Mount Brinchang trail #1!

Search on for missing navy man
Friday August 6, 2010

IPOH: A 70-man search and rescue team has been assembled to look for a navy man missing in Gunung Brinchang in Cameron Highlands.

Leftenan Mohd Al-Amin Rohizas had gone climbing alone on Sunday morning. When he failed to return home on Monday, his mother lodged a missing persons report.

Cameron Highlands OCPD Deputy Superintendent Wan Mohd Zahari Wan Busu said a rescue party, consisting of men from the army and police, was assembled on Tuesday afternoon. The search was hampered by heavy rain.

"Their search is centred around a 4km radius of the Brinchang Dam," DSP Wan Mohd Zahari said.

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Missing navy man found 120km away
Sunday August 8, 2010

IPOH: The navy man who went missing after a hike up Gu­­nung Brinchang in Cameron Highlands last Sunday has been found.

Cameron Highlands OCPD Deputy Supt Wan Mohd Zahari Wan Busu said Leftenan Mohd Al-Amin Rohizas, 27, was found at 8.30am yesterday at Masjid Kampung Terah in Gua Musang, Kelantan, some 120km away from where he went missing.

"He was found by villagers, who in turn informed us," he said here yesterday.

Mohd Al-Amin is being treated at the Cameron High­lands Hospital and is reported to be in stable condition.

It was reported that Lt Mohd Al-Amin had gone hiking alone on Aug 1. When he failed to return home the next day, his mother lodged a report. -- The Star News