Missing Hong Kong hiker found dead on Kowloon Peak after air and ground search
- Shek Lok-kiu, 24, was last seen on surveillance footage on Thursday leaving her estate in hiking gear
- Family contacted authorities on Saturday after losing contact with her
A Hong Kong hiker missing for more than two days was found dead on Sunday, after a massive search and rescue operation ended in emergency personnel retrieving her body from the side of a cliff.
Authorities located 24-year-old Shek Lok-kiu on Kowloon Peak at about 5.30pm. She was certified dead soon after.
Rescuers from the Government Flying Service airlifted her to Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital in Chai Wan, just before 7pm.
The multi-agency search was launched on Saturday night with more than 100 rescuers combing the popular hiking destination in search of Shek, who had been missing since Thursday.
Her family called police on Saturday after losing contact with her. She left her Nam Shan Estate home in Shek Kip Mei on Thursday afternoon.
The operation involved Government Flying Service helicopters, as well as drones. Search efforts had been ongoing since Saturday night, and other units deployed comprised elite members from fire services’ high-angle rescue team, a mountain search and rescue team, police tactical unit officers and Civil Aid Service officers.