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“Please, My Love, Where Are You?” Firefighter’s Wife Searches for Missing Husband in Nepal

From Utusan Malaysia · () Malay

Translated from Malay and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Hani Othman said her husband, Malaysian firefighter Mohd. Fakhrul Munir, was reported missing after floods and landslides in Nepal.
  • She posted an emotional appeal on Facebook on the couple’s 10th wedding anniversary, saying he had promised to bring home a gift.
  • The couple had planned further training and mountain trips, including an attempt to climb Mount Everest.

“Please, my love, where are you?” Hani Othman wrote as she appealed for news of her husband, Malaysian firefighter Mohd. Fakhrul Munir, who was reported missing after floods and landslides in Nepal.

Her appeal came on the couple’s 10th wedding anniversary. She said Fakhrul was supposed to return that day and had promised to bring her an anniversary gift.

Please, my love, where are you?

· Hani OthmanShe opened her Facebook appeal for information about her missing husband.

The couple had planned to sit for a Malaysian Skills Certificate TVET examination on Sept. 6. They also intended to complete a Divemaster course in Tioman in October, travel to Rinjani in May next year and visit Kilimanjaro in August.

You should have returned today. You promised to bring home an anniversary gift. I wonder what gift you wanted to give this year.

· Hani OthmanShe recalled her husband’s promise on their 10th wedding anniversary.

Othman said her husband’s biggest unfulfilled dream was reaching the summit of Mount Everest. “You told me we would train together, and I would accompany you this time all the way to the summit of Everest. Your dream of reaching the summit of Everest is not finished yet,” she wrote.

The couple married on Sept. 3, 2016. Fakhrul, a training officer at the Central Region Fire and Rescue Academy, was among 55 Malaysians previously reported unreachable after the disaster in Nepal.

You told me we would train together, and I would accompany you this time all the way to the summit of Everest. Your dream of reaching the summit of Everest is not finished yet.

· Hani OthmanShe referred to the couple’s shared plan to pursue her husband’s Everest ambition.
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Originally published by Utusan Malaysia in Malay. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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