Elderly hiker died from heart attack, say Perak cops


IPOH: The elderly man who went missing for 10 days while hiking at a hill near Puncak Jelapang near here died due to a heart attack, say police.

Ipoh OCPD Asst Comm Yahaya Hassan said a post-mortem conducted at the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital mortuary on Lau Sam, 85, found that the cause of death was due to myocardial fibrosis.

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Heart attack , Lau Sam , Hiking , Puncak Jelapang , Ipoh

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