IPOH: An Indonesian man was arrested by police on suspicion that he had intruded into the Sri Maha Mariamman T e m p l e , K a m p u n g Dusun Bertam here early yesterday. Perak deputy police chief Datuk Lim Hong Shuan said the man was detained after the temple’s management lodged a police report at 1.50am that 15 statues of deities there had been
desecrated.
He said based on a tip-off from the public, the man was apprehended at 4.15am by police with the cooperation of local residents. “Police also seized a spanner believed to have been used by the suspect (to desecrate the statues),” he said in a statement here. He added that investigations were ongoing and called for avoidance of speculation on the case. – Bernama
