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Forestry Dept targets 50% drop in missing hikers with Nepal rescue expertise

15 Malaysian officials to receive advanced training from Nepal’s renowned High Mountain Academy

After nine hours, search teams safely find three lost Gunung Pulai hikers

Johor Forestry Department director Datuk Salim Aman said the three men, in their 20s and 30s, were believed to have trespassed into the Gunung Pulai Forest Reserve through the Bandar Baru Kangkar Pulai Public Park at about 9am and continued their climb towards Sg Emas (Gunung Pulai Forest Reserve) to head to Tasik Biru Kangkar Pulai, but failed to find their way out. 

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