Deceased Gareth Huntley, From Cricklewood, North London, Disappeared On Tioman Island In Malaysia

[Abroad]

Gareth Huntley, from Cricklewood, north London, disappeared on Tuesday after embarking on a trek in Tioman Island.

A Malaysian police team has arrived on the jungle-covered island to search for Mr Huntley, who had been working at the Jura Turtle Project.

A team of up to 30 people and one dog arrived on Saturday to try and find him, locals have told his family.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27650359

 

[mybum62]

I hope he is just lost and they find him alive and well.

 

[mrcarolinablue823]

I hope he's not another Michael Rockefeller. I just got thru reading Savage Harvest; M.R. got eaten by cannibal headhunters in a religious ritual.

 

[Abroad]

The team looking for a missing backpacker in Malaysia has said the search has been narrowed to a smaller area.

Gareth Huntley from Cricklewood, north London, has not been seen since going trekking on Tioman Island last Tuesday.

Johari Jahaya, the man leading the rescue team, said clues meant they could reduce the area being searched.

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Mr Jahaya would not elaborate on what the clues were which led to the search are being cut down but he said 39 people are now looking for Mr Huntley.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-27676902

 

[Abroad]

A spokesperson for the Foreign Office said: "Malaysian police have confirmed that a body has been found on Tioman island in Malaysia."

More than 100 people had been involved in the search for Mr Huntley, but Malaysian authorities were initially criticised over the search effort.

BBC Correspondent Andy Moore said the body was found in a pond near the Juara Turtle project where Mr Huntley was living and working.

He said Malaysian authorities had been searching along the route to the waterfall, but were on their way back when they found a body close to a kayak storage area.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27693377

 

[laura408]

So was he murdered or what?

 

[Abroad]

So was he murdered or what?

There were reports Mr Huntley, from Cricklewood, north London, was murdered.

But Senior Assistant Commissioner Datuk Mohd Zakaria Ahmad told the Malaysia Star the claims were "inaccurate".

He told the newspaper: "I was in Pulau Tioman on Saturday and I interviewed several witnesses myself.

"What they told me contradicts what the foreign reporter wrote. That report is inaccurate."

He said police were not ruling out foul play but said the investigation was in its early days.

A post-mortem examination had revealed no external injuries and the cause of death had not yet been established, he added.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-27763147


And the above was from 9 June. BBC have had no updates in the case since then.

The fact that he was dead for eight days before they found him is no doubt hampering the investigation.....