Five foreigners found after missing for 20 hours in Johor jungle

LABIS: One of five foreigners, all of whom went missing for 20 hours while jungle trekking in Bekok, died of a heart attack, police said.

A search team found the five at Lipur Sungai Bantang Forest at 10.50am Thursday. Police received a distress call from the group at 3pm on Wednesday.

The missing men being escorted out of the jungle by a rescuer

Segamat OCPD Supt Abd Majid Mohd Ali said Australian Chris Birchill, in his 40's, could have died of a heart attack.

Birchill's body had been sent to the Segamat Hospital for post-mortem.

“The remaining survivors, from South Africa and United Kingdom, are now being treated at the hospital," said Supt Abd Majid.

The forest is a popular tourist destination located in the Labis Forest Reserve, about 8km from Bekok town.