POLICE commanders from the elite VAT 69 unit have been roped into the search for British teenager Nora Quoirin, who has been missing for almost a week.

Negri Sembilan deputy police chief Che Zakaria Othman told reporters that all available resources were being used to locate the 15-year-old.

Earlier, police deployed 24 personnel from the elite VAT 69 division to help in the search-and-rescue mission, which entered its sixth day today.

Che Zakaria, however, said no evidence had yet been found concerning the teen’s whereabouts.

He also refuted claims a group of firefighters had discovered footprints believed to be Quoirin’s.

“No tracks of her for now, and no leads that can be used.

“No footprints were found either,” Che Zakaria said. 

The teenager went missing from her room at the The Dusun Pantai Hill resort in Kg Pantai Seremban, 63km south of Kuala Lumpur, last Sunday.

Her father, Sebastian, discovered she was missing from her bedroom about 7am on August 4 before lodging a police report at 11am.

Quoirin, who has learning disabilities, was said to have disappeared clad only in her underwear between Saturday night and early Sunday morning.

Police have lifted several fingerprints from a window left ajar at the villa but have not disclosed the findings.

Che Zakaria said police have also scanned emails for evidence of an abduction, and are also liaising with the Immigration Department.

“It is still a missing person’s case. We have checked thoroughly and found no proof of abduction.

“(The) Immigration (Department) has told us that it has yet to find any suspicious movement at our borders,” he added.

Che Zakaria said that tonight’s mission would include deploying drones equipped with thermal sensor imaging devices.

Police are also using the recordings of the teenager’s mother’s voice in a bid to lure the teenager out of the Jeram Toi rainforest, which sits next to Gunung Berembun.

Quoirin arrived in Malaysia on August 3 with her family for a two-week holiday.

She was sharing a room with her sister, 12, and brother, 8, the night she went missing. 

Her family has said the case should be treated as an abduction, but police have said there was no evidence to support the claim at this point.

Locals who spoke to The Malaysian Insight also said it was unlikely that the girl had been abducted. 

Police have repeatedly said it is likely Nora remains somewhere in the area. – August 9, 2019.