Man who was lost in Meru Raya forest was schizophrenic, say authorities

IPOH: The man who was rescued by the Fire and Rescue Department from the forest at Meru Raya earlier on Saturday (June 10) has a mental illness.

Ipoh OCPD Asst Comm Yahaya Hassan said the 41-year-old man, from Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, had been referred to a psychiatrist at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital last year.