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NEPAL Police have published the names and ages of 23 Malaysians reported missing in the devastating flood catastrophe along the Nepal-Tibet border, offering the first partial official list of Malaysian nationals unaccounted for in the disaster.
The list, available on the Nepal Police Facebook page as of 1pm local time on Thursday, includes eight women and 15 men.
It contains the names, dates of birth and nationalities of those reported missing.
The Malaysians named are: Mohd Fakhrul Munir Bin Mohd Isa, 44; Mangala Vanan Krishnasamy, 50; Malani M Vellu, 49; Lingam Samykanoo, 49; Letchumy Sinnappan, 47; Krishnan Vadivelu, 74; Komathi Rethinam, 48; Kirubanithi Alagappan, 38; Karunanithi Sundram, 65; Kannan Kerisna, 51; Kalaiselvi P Narayanasamy, 65; Kalai Mathe Karuppaiah, 57; Jason Ngeow, 56; Inthumathy Subramaniam, 54; Gunavathy Muthusamy, 60; Gunanesan Vellaisamy, 58; Eswary Maniraj, 35; Brabaakaran Krishnan, 47; Balasingam Kesavan, 71; Azman Bin Karim, 60; Arunasalam Karuppiah, 70; Appannah A Muthaloo, 56; and A Ganesan Anandan, 52.
Earlier, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said the number of Malaysians who remain unaccounted for following the devastating floods had yet to be officially confirmed by the Nepalese authorities.
Nepal Police have also compiled a list and photographs of unidentified bodies recovered from the disaster zone to assist families in identifying missing loved ones. The information can be accessed by scanning a QR code published on the Nepal Police Facebook page.
The development comes as the death toll from catastrophic flash floods and landslides along the Nepal-Tibet border rose to at least 392, with 1,468 people still reported missing.
Nepal’s disaster management agency said 910 people remained missing in the country, including at least 517 foreign nationals.
Chinese authorities in Tibet, meanwhile, reported 558 people missing, including 260 foreign nationals.
The Nepal Tourism Board separately recorded 667 local and foreign tourists and travellers as missing, including 127 Nepalese nationals.
AFP reported that more than 50 Malaysians are among the foreign nationals believed to be missing, alongside 178 Indians, 90 Americans, 56 Ukrainians, 35 Australians and 33 Britons.
Some victims have been rescued, but search and rescue operations are continuing across the disaster-hit region.
The scale of the catastrophe remains uncertain, with authorities warning that the numbers of dead and missing could change because of possible overlaps in official records, the ongoing identification of bodies and severe communication disruptions.
The disaster, which struck on Wednesday, destroyed homes, submerged roads and swept away bridges in several areas along the Nepal-China border.
Rescue teams have been working around the clock to reach survivors, but unstable weather and extensive damage to critical infrastructure have made several affected areas difficult to access.
In Nepal, the death toll has reached at least 389, with more than 900 people still missing. In Tibet, at least three deaths have been reported, while 558 people remain unaccounted for.
However, it remains unclear whether the casualty and missing-person figures released by authorities on both sides of the border include some of the same individuals.
Authorities have also warned of a renewed flood threat after a lake formed by a massive accumulation of water was detected in the China-Nepal border region.
Rising water levels have raised fears that the lake could overflow or burst, potentially unleashing another wave of flooding and threatening communities downstream.
Disaster management agencies in both countries are closely monitoring the situation and taking precautionary measures to reduce the danger to local communities.
Thousands of displaced residents have been moved to temporary shelters, while emergency aid, including food, clean water and medical supplies, continues to be distributed to survivors.
Officials have warned that the death toll and number of missing people could rise further as search operations expand into areas previously cut off by floods and landslides.
Malaysia’s Foreign Ministry has also urged the public not to speculate or share unverified information about the fate of Malaysians in Rasuwa, Nepal, following the disaster.
The ministry’s Public Communications and Diplomacy Division said it was aware of inaccurate information circulating on social media and other unofficial sources regarding possible Malaysian casualties.
Through the Malaysian Embassy in Kathmandu, the ministry said it was working intensively to obtain immediate confirmation from the Nepalese authorities.
"At this stage, the ministry has not received any official confirmation of any fatalities involving Malaysian citizens." - August 28, 2026
