Some 600 residents of Kampung Bongsu near Lanchang are living in fear of a tiger they believe is prowling near their village.  

They claim that the tiger has appeared in the village several times in the past and that it did so again yesterday.  

Villager Adnan Mat Jail, 45, said the pug marks of the animal have been spotted in the jungle bordering the village.  

“Several villagers have reported hearing the tiger roaring several times at about 11am yesterday,” he told Bernama .

Temerloh police chief ACP Mohd Noor Mansur, when contacted, confirmed that the villagers have lodged a police report on the matter and the police have notified the Wildlife and National Parks Department.  

Mohd Noor advised the villagers to confine their cattle and goats in pens and not allow them to wander about lest they are attacked by the tiger.

- Bernama