Cops record statements from 2 over British backpacker's disappearance
Jordan Johnson-Doyle, 25, was last believed to be at Healy Mac's Irish Bar in Bangsar on May 27. (Facebook pic)
PETALING JAYA : Police have recorded the statements of two individuals to assist in the investigation into the case of a British man reported missing after a night out in Bangsar since May 27.
Bernama reported Brickfields police chief Ku Mashariman Ku Mahmood as saying that a report was lodged by the father of Jordan Johnson-Doyle, 25.
'A thorough investigation is under way and the public is advised not to speculate on the case,' he said in a statement today.
Ku Mashariman urged anyone with information to contact Pantai police station chief Khairul Nizam Ramle at 013-7000672, the Brickfields police hotline at 03-22979222, the Kuala Lumpur police hotline at 03-21159999, or the nearest police station.
According to UK's Daily Mail, 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.
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.
Johnson-Doyle, a software engineer, had arrived in Malaysia on May 17 after travelling from Vietnam. He worked remotely while backpacking across the region, his mother said.
It is unclear where he was staying in Kuala Lumpur.
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