Perhilitan working with MBI to handle wild monkey disturbance at Gunung Lang

On Jan 10, the media reported that visitors were traumatised and frightened when they were chased and harassed by monkeys in the mountain area.

IPOH: The Ipoh City Council (MBI) has taken steps to address the wild monkey disturbance involving a strategic collaboration with the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan), following complaints regarding these animals in the Gunung Lang Recreational Park area.

It said in a statement on Wednesday (Jan 14) that the installation of traps has been carried out in the area surrounding the recreational park as an initial control measure to reduce the disturbance since it was reported in August last year.