Visitor to Ipoh cave temple nearly mauled by a pack of stray dogs

Stray dogs can sometimes be seen roaming in the area near the cave temples. - Ronnie Chin/The Star

IPOH: A Japanese student claims he had to run for his life when he was chased by nearly 30 dogs at privately owned land near a cave temple here during his visit there recently.

Yoshitaka Osaki, 21, who is studying in a private university in Kuala Lumpur, visited one of the famous cave temples on Jan 5 at about 1pm when the incident occurred.