Family To Seek Nepal Embassy Help

PADANG SERAI – The family of a 21-year-old woman who reportedly flew to Kathmandu with her Nepalese lover is to seek the assistance of the Nepalese embassy in Kuala Lumpur to trace her.

Nillie Shakira Mohd Rasul, 23, the elder sister of the woman, Norshahira, said today the family would go to the embassy tomorrow to seek help to find her sister who went missing on Aug 22.

Their father, Mohd Rasul Kassim, 50, said he was thankful that the Nepalese embassy had offered to help find his daughter.

Nepalese Ambassador to Malaysia Dr Rishi Raj Adhikari said yesterday the embassy would seek assistance from the authorities in Kathmandu to locate the couple provided it was furnished with particulars of the man, including his passport number.

Norshahira, of Taman Kenangan, Sungai Karangan, here was believed to have flown with a man to Bangkok en route to Kathmandu from the Penang International Airport on Aug 23.

She is believed be in a relationship with a man known as Imthias Khan, 24, whom she had met while working at a rubber glove factory in Padang Meha Industrial Park last year. – BERNAMA