British backpacker missing after night out in Bangsar

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British backpacker missing after night out in Bangsar


2 hours ago
Predeep Nambiar

Jordan Johnson-Doyle’s phone last pinged at a residential building located near an Irish bar in Bangsar before going dead on May 30

Jordan Johnson-Doyle, 25, was last believed to be at Healy Mac’s Irish Bar in Bangsar on May 27. (Facebook pic)

PETALING JAYA: A 25-year-old British man has been reported missing by his family after a night out at a bar in Bangsar on May 27.

According to the Daily Mail UK, Jordan Johnson-Doyle was on a solo tour of Southeast Asia and had been backpacking in the region.

He was believed to have gone to Healy Mac’s Irish Bar in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, for a pub quiz, based on a photo he sent to his mother, Leanne Burnett.

“I have no idea what has happened. All I know is something is really wrong for him not to contact anybody,” Burnett was quoted as saying.

“I know what he’s like and he knows how worried everyone gets at home. That is why he checks in all the time.”

Burnett said even if his phone or laptop had been stolen, her son knows her number and would have found a way to call.

“He would go to the nearest hotel to use the phone, or go to an internet café. He’d find a way to get hold of us,” she said, according to the report in the UK daily.

She added that a location check using the Find My iPhone app showed his phone last pinged at a residential building near the bar. The signal stopped three days later on May 30 when the battery is believed to have died.

Jordan, a software engineer, had arrived in Malaysia on May 17 after travelling from Vietnam. He works remotely while backpacking across the region, his mother said.

It is unclear where he was staying in Kuala Lumpur.

A missing person report has been filed with Merseyside police, the British consulate, and Malaysian police.

Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain told FMT he will ask Kuala Lumpur police to check for any such reports and promised to investigate further.

FMT has also reached out to the British high commission for comment.