formed the peak of Batu Lawi. It is possible that Manser fell down the side of the mountain, but neither his body nor his belongings have been found. However, two local guides who brought Manser across the jungles of Sarawak were found. In desperation, fortune tellers and Penan necromancers were called. All of them agreed Manser was still alive. On 18 November 2000, BMF requested that the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) search for Manser. Investigations were carried out at the Swiss Consulate in Kuala Lumpur and the Swiss Honorary Consulate in Kuching. Aftermath In January 2002, hundreds of Penan members organised a tawai ceremony to celebrate Manser. The Penan refer to Manser as Laki Tawang (man who has become lost) or Laki e'h metat (man who has disappeared), rather than his name, because speaking the names of the dead is taboo in Penan culture. On 18 November 2001, eighteen months after his disappearance, he was awarded the International Society for Human Rights prize for Switzerland. After search expeditions proved fruitless, a civil court in Basel-Stadt declared Manser to be legally dead on 10 March 2005. On 8 May 2010, a memorial service was held in Elisabethen church, Basel to mark the tenth anniversary of his disappearance. Roughly 500 people attended the service. To celebrate Manser's 60th birthday on 25 August 2014, a species of goblin spider that was discovered by a Dutch-Swiss research expedition in Pulong Tau National Park in the 1990s is now named after Manser: Aposphragisma brunomanseri. Books Written by Manser to introduce western readers to the life of a Penan. Biography of Bruno Manser. Films Manser made a film documentary: SAGO – A Film by Bruno Manser (1997), a documentation of the culture of the Penan Several documentary films have been made about him. They are: Blowpipes and Bulldozers (1988) Tong Tana – En resa till Borneos inre (1989) (In the Forest – A Journey to the heart of Borneo) Lucky People Center International (1998) Tong Tana 2 – The Lost Paradise (2001) Bruno Manser – Laki Penan (2007) Bruno Manser – Die Stimme des Regenwaldes (2019), Swiss film by Niklaus Hilber [Paradise War – The Story of Bruno Manser] See also List of people who disappeared Missing person References External links Bruno Manser Fund 1954 births 2000s missing person cases 2005 deaths Deforestation Forestry in Malaysia Missing people Missing person cases in Malaysia