DNA test to identify remains found in Keramat Pulai quarry rockfall ongoing, says Perak police chief


Search and rescue personnel found some human bone fragments while looking for two victims that were buried in a rockslide at a quarry in Keramat Pulai, Simpang Pulai.

IPOH: The process of identifying the skeletal remains found under the rubble of a quarry rockfall in Keramat Pulai using DNA is still ongoing, says Comm Datuk Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri.

The Perak police chief said police have completed their investigations and are currently waiting for the Raja Permaisuri Bainun hospital (HRPB) forensic department to complete the process.

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