Chinese national missing in Nepalese river

A Chinese man has gone missing since late last month when he was rafting in the Kaligandaki river in Nepal's western Baglung district, police said.

Qu Yang, who is from Beijing, went to Baglung for rafting in the river along with his five fellow countrymen and four Nepalese.

Deputy Inspector General of Nepal Police at the Pokhara-based Western Regional Police Office Pankaj Shrestha said they were making efforts to ascertain his whereabouts.

Of the two Chinese nationals, who were swimming in the river, some 250 km from the capital of Kathmandu, one was able to manage come out, the police officer said.

A team of lifeguards, police and local residents have been launching a search operation.

"There is a slim chance to find him alive; now we are searching his body in the river," Deputy Inspector General Shrestha told Xinhua over the phone.

The Kaligandaki river is famous for rafting in Nepal. As part of their trip, the Chinese left for rafting in the river through a local company.