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The family of missing teenager Nora Quoirin have confirmed the body found in the Malyasian jungle is the missing 15-year-old.

The schoolgirl, who has special needs, disappeared on August 4 from an eco-resort in Dusun where she was staying with her parents and two siblings.

Negri Sembilan police chief Mohamad Mat Yusop has confirmed the body found is that of the missing teenager.

A postmortem will be done tomorrow morning by a senior pathologist from Kuala Lumpur.

A spokesperson for the Lucie Blackman Trust who have been handling media and supporting the family said: "The Lucie Blackman Trust can confirm with great sadness that the body found today is that of missing teenager Nora Quoirin. Local police have confirmed identification.

"The Charity will update as soon as possible. Please respect the family and do not approach them at this difficult time.

"All at The Lucie Blackman Trust are thinking of the family and continue to support them as they come to terms with this news."

Earlier today a body was found by a member of the search and rescue team as the hunt entered its tenth day in the jungle.

The body was found naked and police have refused to rule out 'foul play'.

The body was transported to hospital by helicopter, where Nora's parents Meabh, who hails from Belfast, and Sebastien Quoirin headed to identify it, a press conference heard.

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Malyasia’s deputy police chief Mazlan Mansor said: "The body was moved by helicopter to hospital.

"We have informed the family of the news. They are now going to the mortuary to identify the body."

The police chief added later in the press conference: "We are quite, very, certain but are waiting for the family to visit the hospital."

A man earlier phoned the police hotline to say he had found the body. The discovery was made by a waterfall.

Malaysian police confirmed on Tuesday that rescuers had found the body of a Caucasian female in the forest surrounding the nature resort where Nora was reported missing.

Mr Mansor told reporters the body had been found beside a small stream about 2.5 kilometres from the resort.

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