Nora Quoirin: How the search for missing 15-year-old London girl is unfolding

Nora Quoirin: How the search for missing 15-year-old London girl is unfolding

250 people are looking for Nora Quoirin near the Malaysian resort where the family were staying and the dense jungle around it.

By Rachel Thompson, Southeast Asia producer,
Members of Malaysian rescue team pray before the latest search begins
Image: Members of the Malaysian rescue team pray for Nora Quoirin as a new search begins
In the steaming heat of the jungle, a group of rescue workers are silently praying.
Heads bowed, hands clasped, they hope that today will be the day they find Nora. It's now the fifth day of the search, but these men are still hopeful of finding her alive.
Members of the Senoi Praq, a special police team comprising indigenous trackers, shouted the missing girl's name in dense jungle
Indigenous trackers search for missing Nora
They're still searching the 12 acres around the Dusun Resort where the Quoirin family are staying, but they're steadily expanding into the dense jungle around the hotel.
The search is expanding into the dense jungle around the hotel
Image: The search is expanding into the dense jungle around the hotel
Around 250 people are now looking for her.
Mother's voice to be used in search for Nora Quoirin

Mother's voice to be used in search for Nora Quoirin

The force also said 252 people are now involved in the hunt for the teenager who has not been seen since Sunday
A policeman tells me he's only had two hours sleep a night since she was reported missing.
Rescue workers are 'still hopeful of finding Nóra alive'
Image: Rescue workers are 'still hopeful of finding Nora alive'
The Dusun resort is set in the heart of the forest, shielded from view by rubber and fruit trees in the foothills of the Titiwangsa mountains.
Nora Quoirin's family 'believe she has been abducted'

Nora Quoirin's family 'believe she has been abducted'

Nora Quoirin's family realised she was missing on Sunday morning when she was not in her room and her window was open
It's popular with international tourists and affluent Malaysians.
Sniffer dogs are being used in the search
Image: Sniffer dogs are being used in the search
A group of houses cluster around a swimming pool on the edge of a hill. All around it are steep drops and narrow tracks leading into hilly terrain.
The resort is enclosed by wire fence, but police say there are gaps.
The resort is around an hour from the capital Kuala Lumpur, but surrounded by dense jungle
Image: The resort is around an hour from the capital Kuala Lumpur, but surrounded by dense jungle
Everybody who could possibly help has been brought in, from local villagers to dog teams from Kuala Lumpur.
But police have so far not found any sign of Nora in this inhospitable terrain.