Cops: Elderly Lipis man who went out to find food died of cardiovascular problems, not hunger or disease


A screengrab from a viral video showing policemen helping the victim on April 13,2020. The man died the next day of a heart attack, and not starvation or disease as speculated.

KUANTAN: An elderly man who was found slumped by the roadside while looking for food in Lipis has passed away.

However, Lipis police chief Supt Azli Mohd Noor said the man died of cardiovascular problems and not because of starvation or disease.

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