IPOH: Sultan of Perak Sultan Nazrin Shah and Raja Permaisuri Perak Tuanku Zara Salim visited Taiping Lake Gardens to assess the current situation there due to the ongoing dry spell, which has caused several sections, including the lakes and ponds to dry up. Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad, in a Facebook post, said that Their...
IPOH: Four people, including a 68-year-old man, were injured when a Health Ministry’s ambulance they were in skidded into a drain near Jalan Tol Kamunting, Taiping here, on Tuesday (July 9). Perak Fire and Rescue Department assistant director (operations) Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad said the incident occurred at 3.30am when the ambulance returned to Parit Buntar Hospital...
TAIPING: Police have arrested a suspect who allegedly damaged a statue at the Sri Mangala Nayagi Amman Temple in Matang near here. Taiping OCPD Asst Comm Razlam Ab Hamid said the 23-year-old suspect was arrested at about 9am on Wednesday (Oct 18). "We also seized two items including a hammer that was believed to have been used...
IPOH: A 57-year-old project manager has been cheated of almost RM382,000 in a phone scam in Taiping. Perak police chief Datuk Seri Comm Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri said the woman realised that funds had been transferred out of her bank account to 11 other different accounts. "The transactions were made without her knowledge as it was under...
IPOH: The remand order against a woman and her boyfriend, believed to be involved in the death of a nine-year-old boy in Taman Panglima, Assam Kumbang in Taiping last week, has been extended for another six days. Taiping district police chief ACP Razlam Ab Hamid said the application was made this morning as the previous remand...
