Luqman cancels Nepal trip at the last minute and hopes missing friend is found soon

Luqman Hakim was supposed to be in Nepal with his longtime friend Muhammad Adib Haikal Awang Mansor. Instead, he is in Butterworth, repeatedly calling a phone that no longer answers.

Adib, 27, reportedly travelled to Nepal to climb with two other Malaysians, Muhammad Muhaimin Azhad Noor Hadi, 27, and Muhammad Zaki Othman, 29. The three are believed to have gone missing while hiking in Langtang Valley and have been unreachable.

Luqman, also 27, said he cancelled his own journey at the last minute because of an emergency. He has known Adib for 11 years, and the two shared an interest in running and hiking. Their last meeting took place on June 17, when they climbed Cherok Tok Kun hill in Bukit Mertajam.

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Adib’s disappearance is very sad, but I hope he will be found and safely returned to his family back home.

“Adib’s disappearance is very sad, but I hope he will be found and safely returned to his family back home,” Luqman said. He recalled that their final outing seemed ordinary and that Adib had not yet clearly described plans to join a Nepal expedition.

“I am still trying to contact Adib repeatedly to find out how he is, but my calls have never been answered,” Luqman said. Dozens of other Malaysians are also reportedly stranded and unreachable after landslides and major flooding hit the Nepal-Tibet border.

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I am still trying to contact Adib repeatedly to find out how he is, but my calls have never been answered.