MIC treasurer-general S Vell Paari has urged the police to investigate if there is a link between the illegal carbon filter factory in Penang and cancer-related deaths among surrounding residents.

“There have been reports of multiple deaths from cancer in Sungai Lembu where apparently 11 out of 500 villagers now have cancer. While five young adults there died of cancer in the past two years. I hope police will investigate this,” he said in a media statement.