- Title: Body of missing Irish girl identified by family at Malaysia hospital - police
- Date: 13th August 2019
- Summary: SEREMBAN, SEMBILAN STATE, MALAYSIA (AUGUST 13, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** SIGN READING (Bahasa Malaysia): "FORENSIC MEDICAL DEPARTMENT" AMBULANCE CARRYING BODY OF IRISH TEENAGER, NORA ANN QUOIRIN ARRIVING HOSPITAL QUOIRIN'S BODY BEING CARRIED FROM AMBULANCE POLICE WALKING OUT FOR NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Malaysia) MALAYSIA'S SEMBILAN STATE POLICE CHIEF, MOHAMAD MAT YUSOP, SAYING: "The family has been brought in to identify the body found today and have confirmed that the body is indeed Nora Anne who went missing on August 4. A post mortem will be carried out tomorrow." QUOIRIN'S FAMILY ARRIVING AT HOSPITAL VARIOUS OF QUOIRIN'S FAMILY INSIDE HOSPITAL
- Embargoed: 27th August 2019 16:14
- Keywords: Malaysia Ireland girl Nora Anne Quoirin missing girl Irish girl missing Dusun rainforest resort
- Location: SEREMBAN, MALAYSIA
- City: SEREMBAN, MALAYSIA
- Country: Malaysia
- Topics: Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA001AS1XOP3
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- Story Text: Malaysian authorities on Tuesday (August 13) moved the body of an Irish teenager who went missing from a jungle resort in the Southeast Asian country 10 days ago, to a hospital.
Fifteen-year-old Nora Anne Quoirin's family were brought to the hospital and confirmed that the body is her's according to Sembilan state police chief.
An autopsy will be done on Wednesday (August 14) morning, he said.
The body, found near a stream about 2.5 km (1.6 miles) from the resort, was winched up and then flown by helicopter to a nearby hospital, police said.
Quoirin, who had suffered learning difficulties, was reported missing on Aug. 4 after her family arrived at the Dusun rainforest resort in Seremban, about 70 km (44 miles) south of the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur.
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