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| Gareth Huntley: Malaysia steps up missing Briton search | Gareth Huntley: Malaysia steps up missing Briton search |
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| All available resources are being used in the search for missing British man Gareth Huntley, the Malaysian government has insisted. | All available resources are being used in the search for missing British man Gareth Huntley, the Malaysian government has insisted. |
| Mr Huntley, 34, of Cricklewood, north London, has not been seen since going trekking on Tioman Island on Tuesday. | Mr Huntley, 34, of Cricklewood, north London, has not been seen since going trekking on Tioman Island on Tuesday. |
| The search for him involves 100 people, including police officers and rescue teams, the Foreign Office said. | The search for him involves 100 people, including police officers and rescue teams, the Foreign Office said. |
| His mother, Janet Southwell, says she believes her son has been injured but is still alive. | |
| The British government said Defence Secretary Phillip Hammond had been assured "all available search assets" were involved in the hunt. | |
| A local Foreign Office diplomat has arrived to co-ordinate the rescue effort from the ground, it added. | |
| Emotional 'roller coaster' | |
| Mr Huntley set off to visit a waterfall on the island, off the south eastern coast of the country's mainland, on Tuesday. | Mr Huntley set off to visit a waterfall on the island, off the south eastern coast of the country's mainland, on Tuesday. |
| He told friends he would be back at the charity project where he was volunteering by 14:00, but failed to return. | |
| Ms Southwell, from Bradford, who had been due to arrive on the island on Monday morning, told BBC 5 live she hoped the search would resume at daylight. | |
| "My grateful thanks to David Cameron and the British government. I'm sure their involvement has really helped things," she said. | |
| "It's a roller coaster of emotions. You know it's despair one minute and hope the next and back again. | |
| "Gareth's quite a resilient character, he's a determined young man and I'm feeling really positive that with all this effort we are going to find him. | |
| "He may be injured but we are going to find him and we will bring him out alive." | |
| Mr Huntley's girlfriend Kit Natariga, who has also flown out to the island, wrote on Facebook that it was "absolutely crucial to act fast and continue to push the authorities and rescue teams". | |
| But she admitted time to find him was "running out". | But she admitted time to find him was "running out". |
| Significant assets | Significant assets |
| Mr Huntley's family had raised concerns about the rescue effort. His brother Mark had said police did not initially join the search and for days it was only his friends and local people who were looking for him. | Mr Huntley's family had raised concerns about the rescue effort. His brother Mark had said police did not initially join the search and for days it was only his friends and local people who were looking for him. |
| Ms Southwell also appealed directly to Prime Minister David Cameron to put pressure on the Malaysian government to step up the search. | Ms Southwell also appealed directly to Prime Minister David Cameron to put pressure on the Malaysian government to step up the search. |
| Mr Hammond, who is in Malaysia, raised the matter with his counterpart on Sunday. | Mr Hammond, who is in Malaysia, raised the matter with his counterpart on Sunday. |
| He "was assured that the Malaysian authorities would do all they could to locate him and had already deployed significant assets", the Foreign Office said in a statement. | He "was assured that the Malaysian authorities would do all they could to locate him and had already deployed significant assets", the Foreign Office said in a statement. |
| On his official Twitter feed, the Malaysian Defence Minister Hishamuddin Hussein also said he was helping to find missing Mr Huntley. | On his official Twitter feed, the Malaysian Defence Minister Hishamuddin Hussein also said he was helping to find missing Mr Huntley. |
| Waterfall trek | Waterfall trek |
| Steve Riches, who has attempted the trek to the waterfall, said: "It says two hours but once you get beyond the rubber tree hinterland, you enter the jungle proper and the path is not clearly marked. | Steve Riches, who has attempted the trek to the waterfall, said: "It says two hours but once you get beyond the rubber tree hinterland, you enter the jungle proper and the path is not clearly marked. |
| "We crossed a very boulder-strewn river bed and then realised we were lost and with some difficulty, we retraced our steps until we hit the track. | "We crossed a very boulder-strewn river bed and then realised we were lost and with some difficulty, we retraced our steps until we hit the track. |
| "It is slippery and you can take a fall - I did - and we just played safe and came back to the start. Others say they did it ok." | "It is slippery and you can take a fall - I did - and we just played safe and came back to the start. Others say they did it ok." |
| He added: "Once you've headed off one of the few tracks, and are away from the rubber plantation strip, you really are in difficult virgin jungle with rattan palm that can rip your skin to pieces. | He added: "Once you've headed off one of the few tracks, and are away from the rubber plantation strip, you really are in difficult virgin jungle with rattan palm that can rip your skin to pieces. |
| "It can be so dense that even a companion 15m (50ft) away cannot be heard. | "It can be so dense that even a companion 15m (50ft) away cannot be heard. |
| "I saw a python, and there were vipers, and you get covered with bloodsucking leeches, but frankly the greatest dangers are not from nature but from falling or just being completely lost without water." | "I saw a python, and there were vipers, and you get covered with bloodsucking leeches, but frankly the greatest dangers are not from nature but from falling or just being completely lost without water." |
| Limited daylight | Limited daylight |
| On Sunday, Mark Huntley said: "We want to personally thank David Cameron and Philip Hammond for their reassurances. It is a very big positive for us. | On Sunday, Mark Huntley said: "We want to personally thank David Cameron and Philip Hammond for their reassurances. It is a very big positive for us. |
| "We are, of course, very grateful to the Malaysian people and the authorities for their work too. Everyone has been fantastic. | "We are, of course, very grateful to the Malaysian people and the authorities for their work too. Everyone has been fantastic. |
| "We are told that local people went out to look for Gareth as soon as he was first described as missing - so without them there would not be a search mission. | "We are told that local people went out to look for Gareth as soon as he was first described as missing - so without them there would not be a search mission. |
| "What we need now is for that work to continue and to find my brother." | "What we need now is for that work to continue and to find my brother." |
| BBC News correspondent Jennifer Pak, who is in Kuala Lumpur, said the area was a dense jungle. | BBC News correspondent Jennifer Pak, who is in Kuala Lumpur, said the area was a dense jungle. |
| "It's extremely difficult because they've been experiencing rainfall every night, [and there is] more to come in the coming days," she said. | "It's extremely difficult because they've been experiencing rainfall every night, [and there is] more to come in the coming days," she said. |
| "Also the search has been limited to daylight hours so as soon as it gets dark at 19:00 local time it has to stop. | "Also the search has been limited to daylight hours so as soon as it gets dark at 19:00 local time it has to stop. |
| "Even if the pathway he was using was well trodden, it's extremely wet, slippery, so it would have been very difficult." | "Even if the pathway he was using was well trodden, it's extremely wet, slippery, so it would have been very difficult." |