{
  "id": 6123373,
  "title": "Six hikers missing on Mount Gerah found safe, police confirm",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/six-hikers-missing-on-mount-gerah-found-safe-police-confirm",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-07T10:08:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/09/1527710/six-hikers-missing-mount-gerah-found-safe-police-confirm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Six hikers who vanished during the Trans Gerah Expedition on Mount Gerah in Kelantan have been confirmed safe by police. District police chief Superintendent Abdul Samad Othman stated that rescuers had managed to reach a mountain guide accompanying the group, and all six individuals are accounted for. A ground rescue team will be dispatched to the hikers' location, with a helicopter rescue team also on standby to reach them from a nearby camp. The search and rescue efforts had been intensified, including an aerial survey by a Fire and Rescue Department Mi-17 aircraft from the Subang Air Base. The missing group consisted of a family of four, including a 9-year-old and a 13-year-old, along with two experienced mountain guides.",
  "summary": "GERIK: The six hikers reported missing while taking part in the Trans Gerah Expedition at Mount Gerah, Kelantan, have been found safe, police confirmed today.",
  "key_points": [
    "Six hikers missing on Mount Gerah found safe",
    "Police confirm all six individuals accounted for",
    "Ground and helicopter rescue teams dispatched"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The safe location of the six hikers means that a potentially large-scale rescue operation can now focus on safely retrieving them, rather than searching for them.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Police: Six missing Gunung Trans Gerah hikers contacted, safe for now",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/police-six-missing-gunung-trans-gerah-hikers-contacted-safe-for-now",
        "published": "2026-09-07T12:02:28.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}