AN inquest into the death of Nóra Quoirin has heard it took "one or two hours" for the authorities to arrive after her body was located in the Malaysian jungle.
A volunteer who found the remains of the 15-year-old, whose mother Meabh is from Belfast, also said his search group "all tried to call by phone but could not get any calls out".
Nóra vanished from the Dusan eco-resort near Seremban, about 40 miles south of Kuala Lumpur, on August 3.
Her body was found on August 13 by a group of civilian search volunteers in a hilly part of a palm-oil plantation about 1.5 miles from the holiday home.
Her family, who live in London, have always insisted she would not wander off alone.
The BBC last night reported that volunteer Chong Yue Fatt told the inquest he was part of the civilian search group of more than 20 people, but they had no recognised guide.
He said he found her body around 50m away from a shed.
"I saw the body," he said.
"When I found the body, the place where I shouted, that's where I remained standing.
"We all tried to call by phone but could not get any calls out.
"And we asked a Malaysian Indian who knows the area very well, and he was the one who told his father to call the fire department, because there's no (phone) line."
Mr Chong told the court that it felt like "one or two hours" before any assistance arrived.
"We told all group members not to come close to the body, because (we were) afraid we would tamper any evidence. We just waited until assistance arrived," he said.
The inquest continues.
