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Nepal floods leave 17 Malaysians uncontactable as relatives post SOS online

Relatives of 17 Malaysians caught in Nepal’s worst floods this week have taken to social media to share details of their missing kin and plead for information after all contact was lost near the Nepal-Tibet border.

Source: The Star Malaysia · August 27, 2026 at 7:33 AM · AI-assisted report

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NEPAL, KATHMANDU, MOUNT KAILASH, TIBET, MALAYSIA, 27 AUGUST 2026 —

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Relatives of 17 Malaysians caught in Nepal’s worst floods this week have taken to social media to share details of their missing kin and plead for information after all contact was lost near the Nepal-Tibet border.

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Four members of R. Logadashini’s family—her parents S. Raman, 59, and M. Neelavany, 54; her uncle S. Murukan, 60; and her aunt G. Padmahwathi, 58—were part of the group that arrived in Nepal on Aug 23 on a Mount Kailash pilgrimage organised by Nepal-based Fishtail Tours & Travels. The trip was scheduled to run until Sept 5.

The last confirmed communication came at 8.18am Nepal time on Aug 26, when the group was about 2km from the Nepal-Tibet Immigration Checkpoint, according to Logadashini. All subsequent calls and messages went unanswered. Attempts to reach the tour operator and the Malaysian embassy in Kathmandu have so far yielded no information.

“My father, mother, uncle and aunt are missing,” Logadashini said in a social media post on Aug 27. “They are Malaysian citizens travelling on a pilgrimage. We tried contacting the agency and the Malaysian Embassy but, as of now, we have not received any information.”

Other families have posted similar appeals. Internet user @LeenaBhaskaran said her aunt and cousins had also gone silent after reaching the Kathmandu-Tibet checkpoint before the disaster. Divyavarshini Krishnan said her father, who was on the same pilgrimage route, had likewise disappeared.

Krishnan urged anyone with contacts in Nepal or Tibet to come forward. “If anyone has received any updates, please share immediately,” she wrote. Wisma Putra, Malaysia’s foreign ministry, has asked relatives of travellers in similar circumstances to file reports in person at the ministry’s headquarters.

Nepal’s Department of Tourism reported on Aug 27 that at least 157 people were killed and 60 were still missing after flash floods and landslides hit the Himalayan region. Rescue operations have been hampered by damaged roads and communications blackouts.

Malaysian pilgrims have historically used the Kathmandu-Tibet route for the annual Kailash yatra. The Nepalese government temporarily closed the border crossing on Aug 26 after the floods, complicating efforts to locate missing groups.

Wisma Putra confirmed it was coordinating with the Malaysian embassy in Kathmandu to verify the whereabouts of the Malaysians. No official list of those unaccounted for has been released.

Related: Fishtail Tours & Travels · Wisma Putra

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