Search for missing Briton leads police to Bangsar hotspots

New Straits Times

2 days ago

KUALA LUMPUR: Staff at the Bangsar bar where British backpacker Jordan Johnson-Doyle was believed to have spent the evening during a quiz night confirmed his presence on the night he went missing.
One employee, who declined to be named, said they were aware the 25-year-old had attended the event but were unsure of what happened afterwards or whether he was accompanied by anyone.
"The police came yesterday to conduct investigations," she said.
Another staff member who was also on duty that night said that the crowd was relatively small.
However, he said he did not clearly recall seeing Johnson-Doyle and only learned about the case through media reports.
"I was working that night, and we were aware of the case, but I don't specifically remember seeing him," he said.
Brickfields police chief Assistant Commissioner Ku Mashariman Ku Mahmood told the New Straits Times that officers had visited several locations in Bangsar believed to have been frequented by Johnson-Doyle.
"Statements were recorded from two individuals at those locations," he said.
Checks by the NST at several nearby residential flats — where Johnson-Doyle's mother, Leanne Burnett, claimed to have last tracked him — found no residents matching his description.
Security guards at premises near Jalan Maarof and Lucky Gardens, Bangsar, were also shown a photo of the missing man, but this yielded no positive leads.
Police had earlier issued a public appeal following Johnson-Doyle's disappearance, after he was last heard from on May 27.
Speaking to the UK's Daily Mail, Burnett said she felt "numb" and "just wants to bring him home."
His last known location was Healy Mac's Irish Bar in Bangsar around 8pm, where he had sent a photo of the pub's quiz night poster to his best friend, Owen.
Johnson-Doyle, a software engineer, had been backpacking across the Mediterranean and Southeast Asia for over a year, working remotely for an American tech company.
He arrived in Malaysia on May 17 after visiting Vietnam and is believed to have been staying at the Robertson Residences in Bukit Bintang.
Burnett last spoke to her son on May 26.