IPOH: Firemen successfully persuaded an 11-year-old girl to come down from the roof of a tahfiz centre in Kampar.
Perak Fire and Rescue Department operations commander Zahuri Zainal Abidin said the department received a distress call at about 8.30am on Tuesday (April 23).
"Firemen managed to coax her down from the roof.
"It took us about 15 minutes to persuade her to come down," he added.
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