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Woman seeks help to verify if rescued man is missing Malaysian climber

KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian woman has appealed for help to verify whether a man pictured among those rescued from the Nepal flood disaster is her missing younger brother.

Woman seeks help to verify if rescued man is missing Malaysian climber

A Malaysian woman has taken to social media seeking assistance in confirming whether a man rescued from the Nepal flood disaster is her missing younger brother. The woman, who goes by asm aliza11 on Threads, shared images from a rescue operation in Rasuwa, highlighting one of the survivors who bears a resemblance to her brother, Zaki.

She has reached out to the rescue team to verify the identity of the man, but confirmation is still pending. The rescue efforts have so far saved 3,021 people, including 338 foreigners, from the flood-affected areas in Rasuwa. Among those missing are three Malaysian climbers, identified as Muhammad Muhaimin Azhad Noor Hadi, 27, Muhammad Adib Haikal Awang Mansor, 27, and Muhammad Zaki Othman, 29, who went missing while trekking in the Langtang Valley.

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