An elderly Hong Kong man with dementia who had been missing for nine days was found dead in the countryside by volunteer search teams.
Leung Woon-yew, 87, a resident of Tai Hing Estate in Tuen Mun, was discovered in a bushy area near the top of Por Lo Shan at 12.40pm on Tuesday by the Voluntary Mount Search Team and Countryside Volunteer Search Team, according to Anson Cheng, founder of the Hong Kong Guardians volunteer rescue group.
The groups had joined the search with authorities from the outset after Leung was reported missing, helping to comb the mountain area next to Leung King and Shan King estates.
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Leung was last seen at about 11am on November 23 at Shan King Estate on Shek Pai Tau Road.
The groups’ search dog and detection equipment narrowed down a possible area and picked up signals from Leung’s Bluetooth device.
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Cheng said the area where he was found was accessible and there was no indication he had suffered a fall.