30-Year-Old Science Teacher Falls 18 Meters To Death At Bukit Tabur

The schoolteacher who fell to his death while hiking along the treacherous Bukit Tabur trail had previously asked his mother permission to do the trail, which she refused to give, the victim's brother revealed Wednesday.

She said she had always advised Ng against mountain climbing. She said Ng had done wall-climbing a few times but Bukit Tabur was his first attempt at outdoor rock-climbing.

"Two months ago, Eric requested permission from my mother to climb up Bukit Tabur but she managed to coax him out of the idea," his brother said.

It is believed that Ng had not told his mother of his intention to hike up Bukit Tabur, for fear of it being met with disapproval.

The sixty-three-year-old mother of Ng Pee Tat was at a loss for words after identifying her youngest son’s body at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital mortuary yesterday.

The infamous Bukit Tabur in Ulu Kelang here claimed its latest victim when a science teacher from a private school fell several metres to his death.

Ng Pee Tat, in his 30s, died from severe injuries after he fell several meters down a steep slope at 8pm Tuesday.

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This was the first time Ng and his colleague, 29-year-old David Spencer, had hiked up Bukit Tabur.

Spencer, a music teacher at the school in Setia Alam, said they started their hike at about 6pm and made it past Station 9 of the route when they realised that they had wandered off the trail in the darkness.

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"As we were climbing down the mountain, we saw a rope and used it to climb down. It was very slippery, and there was nothing else to hold on to.

"We tried to climb back up when we realised that we could not go further down the slope," said Spencer.

According to him, Ng grabbed a thin tree to hold himself up but it broke just as Spencer reached out to him, sending Ng plunging to his death.

“One of the rescuers told me that he fell 60 feet (18 meters),” Spencer told reporters when met at the scene.

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Unable to locate his friend, Spencer clawed his way up the slope and hiked his way down to a residential area at the foot of the hill where he sought help from a resident.

The resident alerted the pump house nearby and staff there notified the police.

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The Fire and Rescue Department received an emergency call shortly after 8.30pm. The Civil Defence Department was also alerted.

Ng's mud-covered body, clad in a dark t-shirt and shorts, was finally extricated by rescue personnel at about at 1.30am.

“Mayat mangsa ditemui di level sembilan bukit berkenaan kira-kira jam 11.55 malam dan disahkan meninggal dunia oleh anggota JPAM akibat kecederaan parah di muka dan badan,” Ketua Polis Daerah Ampang Jaya Asisten Komisioner Amiruddin Jamaluddin berkata.

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“Maklumat awal kita terima mengatakan ada seorang lelaki terjatuh dari level 10 Bukit Tabuh. Pada jam 9 malam, seramai lapan anggota dari Jabatan Pertahanan Awam Malaysia (JPAM) dan lima anggota bomba dari Balai Bomba dan Penyelamat Ampang telah naik untuk mengesan mangsa berpandukan maklumat yang diberikan rakan mangsa.

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Katanya, mayat mangsa kemudian dihantar ke Hospital Ampang untuk bedah siasat.

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Previous fatalities at Bukit Tabur were reported in 2000, 2004 and in March 2009, involving two medical specialists who were both experienced trekkers.

Bukit Tabur adalah bukit yang terletak di Taman Melawati, Malaysia. Ia juga dikenali sebagai Bukit Hangus. Bukit ini amat menonjol dan boleh dilihat dari Jalan Lingkaran Tengah 2 Kuala Lumpur (MRR2).
Bukit ini yang setinggi 396 meter (1,300 kaki), merupakan genting quartz.

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Bagi pendaki yang masih baru, bukit tabur ini mempunyai jalan "trek" yang agak merbahaya. Dengan batuan-batuan granit yang keras serta dakian dan penurunan sehingga 90 darjah pasti membuat pendaki merasa gayat. Adalah dinasihatkan kepada sesiapa yang ingin mendaki bukit ini supaya memastikan tahap kecergasan dalam keadaan baik disamping peralatan yang lengkap.

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