Camera footage confirms missing hiker Jaslinda Saludin was heading towards Sukaneka Camp, says Perak fire department.
IPOH: Missing female hiker Jaslinda Saludin, 49, has been confirmed to be heading towards the Sukaneka Camp at Gunung Batu Putih, near Tapah, based on important clues from wildlife surveillance camera footage obtained today.
The Perak Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) director Datuk Sayani Saidon said the latest clue was obtained after the memory card chips from two surveillance cameras at the mountain peak were retrieved at 10.15 am today.
“There is a recording showing the victim (Jaslinda) crossing Camera 1 at 11.22 am on May 24, 2026. There is also footage of eight members of JBPM’s STORM (Special Tactical Operation And Rescue Team Of Malaysia) and one MGP (forestry mountain guide) crossing Camera 1 at 5.15 pm on May 25, 2026, while there is no footage of the victim turning back and crossing Camera 1.
“For Camera 2, there are no recordings of the victim or the rescue team passing by Camera 2 heading towards Gunung Batu Bujang on May 24 and 25. In this regard, it is confirmed that the victim did not take this route,” she said in a statement today.
She said that the discovery on Camera 1 supports the argument that the victim did indeed move along the route to the Sukaneka Camp, as evidenced by the discovery of shoe prints and a water bottle since the beginning of the search.
Sayani said there are two more road junctions after Camera 1, namely the route to Kem Sukaneka and the route to the ‘water point’.
“The path to the water point has been blocked with wooden planks to indicate that it is not a designated route. The Camera 1 footage can support the argument that the victim indeed followed the path to the Sukaneka Camp,” she said.
Meanwhile, Sayani reported that the Perak JBPM Drone Unit officer Mohamad Safwan Abd Hali sustained injuries to his thigh, knee, and ankle after conducting a search that began yesterday, covering the area from Kem Kantoi to the waterway leading to Sungai Ayer Busok and along the river for one kilometre.
She said that Mohamad Safwan, along with three other rescuers who stopped the search at Puncak 2085 after conducting a search around Simpang Ite, were extracted using the ‘winching’ technique by the AW139 aircraft.
“A total of 42 other rescue members, including the team that moved from Pos Musoh, are still at the location and conducting search operations,” she said
In addition, a Bernama survey at the JBPM Gunung Batu Putih Forward Control Post (PKH) search and rescue operation (SAR) at the 3rd Battalion of the General Operations Force (GOF) in Bidor today found that the rescue team spent about an hour reviewing and discussing the footage.
Sayani said that so far, coordinated and planned actions have been initiated together with various parties and agencies in the SAR.
Previously, Jaslinda was reported to have started the Trans Spencer Chapman trek at 2 am on May 23, along with 13 other individuals and two MGPs, via the Pos Gedung-Gunung Bah Gading-Gunung Batu Putih-Kuala Woh route.
Jaslinda and another climber, Mohd Hanafi Neikmad, 41, experienced health issues and stopped, however, Jaslinda was reported to have continued her journey to the mountain peak and was last seen by MGP on May 24 (7.30 am).
