TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The search for a 57-year-old German national, Ralf Klausnitzer, continues after he went missing in Taroko National Park’s Tianxiang area at the end of March.
Xincheng Police Precinct said Klausnitzer arrived at a Hualien hotel on March 25 and visited Taroko National Park the following day. After searching his cell phone records, police located his position in the Tianxiang area at 7 am on March 26, per CNA.
Xincheng Police Precinct searched for Klausnitzer, visiting hotels, hiking trails, hot springs, and other areas on April 15, 17, 29, 30, and May 7.
During a Hualien County Council meeting on Monday (May 6), a councilor asked if people were still missing after the April 3 earthquake. Hualien County Fire Department Director-General Wu Zhao-yuan (吳兆遠) responded that a German man disappeared before the quake and that his status was unrelated to the tremor.
Friends of Klausnitzer have posted to various Facebook groups to search for him. Klausnitzer is a German literature scholar who gave a lecture at Tamkang University. After the lecture, and before his trip back to Germany, he planned a short excursion to Hualien.
He was spotted on March 26 while taking bus 302 to Taroko National Park. According to surveillance video reviewed by the police, he was last seen at Xiangde Temple on Tianxiang Road.
The Xincheng Police Precinct is asking the public for help. Those with information about Klausnitzer are encouraged to call 110 if they have any leads or other details related to the case.
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