FED: Search for Aussie missing in Japanese snow called off: DFAT

AAP General News (Australia)
02-28-2009
FED: Search for Aussie missing in Japanese snow called off: DFAT

CANBERRA, Feb 28 AAP - Japanese authorities have called off the search for an Australian
who disappeared from a ski resort eight days ago.

Brisbane man Scott McKay, 27, was last seen leaving a resort bar in the small village
of Niseko, on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, on February 20.

Australia's Sapporo consulate says the search has been suspended and Mr McKay's family
has returned to Australia.

"The consulate has confirmed with local authorities they have scaled down the search,"

a Department of Foreign Affairs …