In Nepal for eight days, Malaysian wife presses on with search for missing special‑operations firefighter

Hani Othman has joined a humanitarian mission in Nepal, hoping to find clues about her missing PASKUB officer husband.

Her husband, Mohd Fakhrul Munir Mohd Isa, went missing after their vehicle was affected by floods during an Everest Base Camp expedition.

The disaster in Rasuwa, Nepal, has left 55 Malaysians unreachable, and the death toll has risen to 1,220 with 4,762 people missing.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 5 — Hani Othman, who has been in Nepal for eight days to follow the developments in the search for her missing Special Airborne Fire and Rescue Team (PASKUB) officer husband, today joined a mission to distribute humanitarian aid to disaster victims in the country, while hoping to find any clues as to her husband.

Hani, who is currently on her way from Nuwakot to Betrawati with the local non-governmental organisations (NGO) Samundra Nepal NGO and Himalayan Leaders, said that the area they are heading to is not the last location where her husband’s vehicle was detected, but she still hopes that the journey will yield clues.

“The area of my husband’s last point is further up. It’s difficult to access. But Nuwakot is also a disaster-prone area, just located further down.

“I will distribute aid to the victims here. Let’s see, who knows, we might find some clues,” she said when contacted by Bernama.

Hani said that some of the aid items were collected earlier in Kathmandu, while the rest were donated by local NGOs.

Meanwhile, through a social media post, Hani shared that yesterday she managed to distribute aid to disaster victims around Kathmandu, including those who were recently rescued in Timure, and also met the wife of her husband’s team vehicle driver.

She said the contributions from Malaysians were channelled on behalf of her husband, Senior Fire Officer II Mohd Fakhrul Munir Mohd Isa, and eight other members of his expedition team, including Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) deputy director of the Fire and Rescue Operations Division Mohd Sani Harul.

“As long as I have known them, they are all good people. They are also generous and like to help others. May Allah ease all their search endeavours and protect them all no matter where they are.

“Set aside religious and ethnic differences for now, let’s pray for the best for all of them,” she said.

So far, Hani has not received news of any new developments regarding the fate of her husband who was reported missing in the flood tragedy in Rasuwa, Nepal on August 26.

Two days after the incident, Hani flew to Kathmandu on her own initiative to get the latest updates on the search and rescue efforts for her husband.

Mohd Fakhrul, 44, was reported missing after the four-wheel drive vehicle his group was in during an expedition to Everest Base Camp (EBC) was believed to have been affected by floods while in a valley in Rasuwa.

A total of 55 Malaysians have been reported as still unreachable following the disaster that occurred on August 26, while 77 others who were found safe in Tibet and Nepal have been brought to Kathmandu to undergo processing before returning to Malaysia.

Anadolu Agency reported that the death toll from the disaster has risen to 1,220, while 4,762 people, including 844 foreigners, are still missing. — Bernama

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哈尼·奥斯曼加入了尼泊尔的人道主义救援行动，希望能找到失踪的巴基斯坦陆军军官丈夫的线索。

她的丈夫 Mohd Fakhrul Munir Mohd Isa 在前往珠穆朗玛峰大本营探险途中，他们的车辆遭遇洪水，之后他便失踪了。

尼泊尔拉苏瓦发生的灾难导致 55 名马来西亚人失联，死亡人数上升至 1220 人，另有 4762 人失踪。

吉隆坡，9月5日讯——哈尼·奥斯曼已在尼泊尔待了八天，密切关注失踪的特种空降消防救援队（PASKUB）军官丈夫的搜寻进展。今天，她加入了一项向该国灾民分发人道主义援助物资的任务，同时希望找到任何有关她丈夫的线索。

哈尼目前正与当地非政府组织萨蒙德拉尼泊尔非政府组织和喜马拉雅领袖组织一起从努瓦科特前往贝特拉瓦蒂。她说，他们前往的地区并不是她丈夫的车辆最后一次被发现的地方，但她仍然希望这次旅程能够找到线索。

“我丈夫最后到达的地方地势更高，交通不便。但努瓦科特也是一个灾害易发区，只是位置更靠下一些。”

“我会在这里向受害者分发援助物资。说不定我们能找到一些线索，”她在接受马新社采访时说道。

哈尼表示，部分援助物资此前在加德满都收集，其余物资则由当地非政府组织捐赠。

与此同时，哈尼在社交媒体上发帖分享说，昨天她设法向加德满都周围的灾民分发了援助物资，包括最近在蒂穆尔获救的灾民，并且还见到了她丈夫所在车队司机的妻子。

她说，马来西亚人的捐款是代表她的丈夫、二级高级消防员莫哈末·法克鲁·穆尼尔·莫哈末·伊萨以及他的探险队其他八名成员捐赠的，其中包括消防救援局（JBPM）消防救援行动部门副主任莫哈末·萨尼·哈鲁尔。

“据我所知，他们都是好人。他们慷慨大方，乐于助人。愿真主保佑他们一路平安，无论他们身在何处。”

“暂时放下宗教和种族差异，让我们为他们所有人祈祷，祝愿他们一切顺利。”她说。

截至目前，哈尼还没有收到任何关于她丈夫下落的新消息。据报道，她的丈夫在 8 月 26 日尼泊尔拉苏瓦的洪灾中失踪。

事件发生两天后，哈尼主动飞往加德满都，了解她丈夫的搜救工作的最新进展。

44 岁的 Mohd Fakhrul 在前往珠穆朗玛峰大本营 (EBC) 的探险途中，他所在的团队乘坐的四驱车在拉苏瓦山谷遭遇洪水后失踪。

据报道，8月26日灾难发生后，共有55名马来西亚人仍然下落不明；另有77名在西藏和尼泊尔安全获救的人员已被带到加德满都接受处理，之后将返回马来西亚。

阿纳多卢通讯社报道称，这场灾难的死亡人数已上升至1220人，另有4762人失踪，其中包括844名外国人。——马新社

据 Tok Mat 报道，马来西亚已将部分失踪马来西亚公民家属的 DNA 样本送往尼泊尔，以帮助寻找 55 名失踪的马来西亚公民。

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