Focus Taiwan
Date: 10/08/2020
By: Wu Che-hao and Ko Lin

Rescue workers searching for missing hikers in mountainous areas in Nantou's Renai Township in 2017. (CNA file photo for illustrative purposes only, provided by a member of the public)

Taipei, Oct. 8 (CNA) The body of a Vietnamese migrant worker was found by rescue workers on Thursday, one week after he went missing after falling down a mountain slope in Nantou County.

According to the police, the victim was a migrant worker who went into the woods with two friends on Oct. 1 during their day off, to look for Ganoderma lucidum, also known locally as lingzhi mushroom.

The fungus species is highly valued and commonly used in East Asia as a health food.

The three ventured that day into an indigenous tribal village situated 2,000 meters above sea level on a mountain called Zaishengshan, which is located in the county's Renai Township.
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