Missing Hong Kong hiker found dead on Pat Sin Leng slope
- Chan King-fai was first reported missing on Sunday night after leaving home that morning to hike in the northeast New Territories
- He was finally spotted lying in some bushes by a surveillance drone after days of fruitless searching
A 33-year-old man who had been missing for five days was found dead on Thursday on a steep slope below a Pat Sin Leng trail in Hong Kong’s second fatal hiking incident in less than two months.
Chan King-fai was first reported missing by his family on Sunday night after leaving home that morning to hike Pat Sin Leng, a mountain range in the northeast New Territories, said Hung Tak-shing, an acting divisional officer for the Fire Services Department.
The police force and fire services had dispatched more than 300 search and rescue officers to scour the area over the past five days, but to no avail.
Chan was finally spotted at about 4pm on Thursday by a surveillance drone, lying in some bushes about 120 metres down an incline from the Wong Leng Au hiking trail.
He was airlifted off the mountain by a government helicopter and certified dead at about 6.45pm.
