Two 14-year-old girls die after fall from abandoned Ipoh flats
Two 14-year-old schoolgirls died after falling from the upper floor of an abandoned high-rise block in Buntong, Ipoh, police said.
Source: Astro Awani · July 24, 2026 at 10:59 PM · AI-assisted report
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KUALA LUMPUR, 25 JULY 2026 —
Two 14-year-old schoolgirls died after falling from the upper floor of an abandoned high-rise block in Buntong, Ipoh, police said.
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The bodies of the friends were found at the Sungai Pari flats—locally known as Sungai Pari Tower or “Tingkat 15”—around 5 p.m. on Friday after a security guard on routine patrol spotted them and alerted authorities. Both victims were wearing school physical-education uniforms when discovered, according to the mother of one of the girls.
Seela, 36, told reporters she dropped the two children at their afternoon school session in Menglembu at about 1 p.m. and had expected them to return home later the same day. Around 4.50 p.m. she received a call informing her that her daughter was at the empty housing complex. “I saw her still wearing the PE clothes I sent her in.
I don’t know how she got there—she had never been to that place before,” Seela said at the scene.
The mother, who has two other children, said her daughter had shown no behavioural changes and never complained about school. “She was quiet, but everything was fine. I took her to school and picked her up every day. I never expected this,” Seela said.
Forensic teams completed their initial investigation at the flats before the remains were taken to Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun Ipoh for post-mortem examination.
Built in 1963, Sungai Pari Tower was once the tallest building in northern Malaya and an Ipoh landmark because of its bowl-shaped roof. The public-housing project has been gradually vacated since 2012 due to structural concerns.
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