Nur Izzati Humaira Azizul, a 19-year-old woman, was found dead on Tuesday, May 26, after going missing while hiking Bukit Changkat Asa near Tanjong Malim, Hulu Selangor [1, 2, 3, 4].
She disappeared on Saturday, May 23, around 10:50 a.m. when she chose to descend the hill alone because she felt hot and tired. She was last seen wearing a brown hijab, dark green long-sleeved shirt, black trousers, and blue shoes [5, 6, 1, 4, 7]. On that day, she was hiking with a family group of seven, including her mother, sister, aunt, and two cousins [5, 6, 8].
The 800-meter trail climbs to a 267-meter summit. After she went missing, the search and rescue (SAR) operation began that same afternoon and lasted four days, involving 114 personnel, drones with thermal imaging, and K9 units. The search radius expanded to 0.5 square kilometers by the third day with 90 personnel deployed [6, 1, 2, 3, 4, 9]. Assistant Commissioner Ibrahim Husin said authorities investigated multiple angles, including inquiries with the victim's friends and relatives, since they could not rely on a single assumption [6].
Nur Izzati's body was found lying on her back off the hiking trail at a flat area about 500 meters from her last known location and one kilometer from the incident control post by the Special Tactical Operation and Rescue Team of Malaysia (STORM). It took the team 20 minutes to carry her remains back to the control post using a stretcher [1, 2, 3, 4, 10]. Mohd Fakhrul Munir Mohd Isa, a rescuer, said the victim’s body was found intact and modesty preserved. There were no visible injuries or signs of animal attack, likely due to the long-sleeved clothing she wore [2, 10].
Police classified the death as sudden death (SDR) and sent the body to the Sungai Buloh Hospital forensic unit for post-mortem examination [8, 4]. Nur Izzati had developed an interest in hiking only in recent years, alongside her active participation in netball and work at a local restaurant. Her family, still grieving, said she was the second of four siblings and wished to become a teacher [5, 8]. Azizul Abdul Aziz, a family member, said he was emotionally unstable and unable to give a statement, expressing the family’s pain after the tragedy [5, 8].
The search operation demonstrated collaboration among multiple agencies, with police, firefighters, and volunteers coordinating efforts and using specialized equipment over the four-day period [6, 11, 9]. The next official update will likely depend on the post-mortem results scheduled after the handover of the body on May 26.
