Isithombe sikathisha wase-Japan esingaphandle kwesivakashi ngosuku olunomoya e-Greymouth siholele ekubeni nephupho elibi leholide kanye nenkokhelo engu-$500 - kodwa akukho ukulahlwa kwecala.
Lokhu kuholele ekutheni amaphoyisa aseNew Zealand enze imibuzo ne-Interpol mayelana noTadahiro Funamoto uma kwenzeka le ndoda eneminyaka engu-53 ubudala yayinecala elilandelanayo.
Kodwa uphenyo luveze ukuthi akagwetshwanga ndawo.
Uwavumile namuhla amacala eNkantolo Yesifunda yaseChristchurch ngamacala okuqopha umlando, nokunqaba ukunikeza amaphoyisa izigxivizo zeminwe yakhe.
Ummeli wezokuvikela uTony Garrett wabe esefuna ukukholisa iJaji uDavid Saunders ukuthi uFunamoto kufanele akhululwe ngaphandle kokugwetshwa ngenxa yobunzima abesevele abhekane nabo, kanye nemiphumela engaba khona yokutholwa enecala eJapan.
Amalungu e-Consulate yaseJapane ayesenkantolo, futhi kwakukhona umhumushi ezohumusha ukuqulwa kwamacala.
UFunamoto unguthisha obhalisiwe, indoda eshadile enenkosikazi namadodakazi amabili aneminyaka engu-22 nengu-19 sebenezinyanga behamba eNew Zealand. Unayo imvume yokusebenza.
UNkk Funamoto ushiywe yisitimela iTrans-Alpine ngesikhathi engasheshi ngokwanele ukubuya endlini yangasese ngesikhathi esima e-Arthur's Pass. Umyeni wakhe waqala ukukhathazeka.
Esiteji sokubuka isitimela, wathatha isithombe sikammangali ebambe phansi isiketi sakhe izandla zakhe ziseceleni.
Kwakungekho lutho olucasulayo noma olucasulayo ngakho, futhi abanye benza okufanayo.
“Ububi bangempela kubukeka sengathi ngesinye isibhamu esathathwa esiteshini saseGreymouth,” kusho uMnu Garrett. “Ngacela ukubona amakhophi alezi zithombe. Kungaba amaphoyisa aseChristchurch noma aseWest Coast kodwa ngitshelwe ukuthi ngisebenzise umcabango wami.”
Amaphoyisa akhulume ngesibhamu esikhombisa “ingxenye yesinqe nempahla yangaphansi”.
"Leso sithombe ngeke sicasule, kodwa yindlela esithathwe ngayo," kusho uMnu Garrett.
Yayisusiwe. Kuke kwaphenywa kahle ikhamera ne-memory stick, kodwa akutholakalanga lutho.
UFunamoto ubehlale esitokisini izinsuku ezimbili nobusuku obubili, engazinikezi izigxivizo zeminwe yakhe ngenxa yokuthi wayengasiqondi isicelo sotolika.
Izinhlelo zohambo lomndeni bezihlelwe kabusha ngokuphelele ngenxa yemibandela yebheyili.
“Okwakuhloswe ukuthi kube ukwambulwa kobuhle bezwe laseNew Zealand kanye nezingxenye ezimangalisayo zezwe kube yiphupho elibi kakhulu.”
UFunamoto usebhale incwadi exolisa kumgilwa osekhona kuleli.
Ukhotheme izikhathi eziningi ngesikhathi kuhunyushwa izigwebo zeJaji Saunders.
Ijaji lithe liyakwamukela ukuthi kube nezindleko ezinkulu, futhi ubunzima bolimi buholele ekutheni lenqabe ukunikeza izigxivizo zeminwe.
Ngecala lekhamera, owokuqala owonile ngokuvamile wayegwetshwa futhi ahlawuliswe.
“Ngiyakwamukela ukuthi unguthisha obhalisiwe futhi kuzoba nobunzima bangempela lapho iziphathimandla zaseJapan ziqonda uhlobo lwalesi senzo sokona, futhi zingase zithathe isinyathelo esizobe singahambisani nobukhulu baleli cala elidalulwe lapha namuhla,” kusho ijaji.
Udedele uFunamoto ngaphandle kokulahlwa yicala kodwa wathi akakhokhe u-$500 enkantolo ngezindleko zokushushiswa, noma inhlangano iWest Coast Search and Rescue.
Uma selikhishiwe irisidi lokukhokha kuleli sonto, ipasi likaFunamoto nezincwadi zokuhamba zizobuyiselwa kuye.
