As if the contest for the Bukit Gantang parliamentary seat isn't hot enough, fire engulfed and destroyed a builidng, said to be 50 years old in Taman DR near to the Ipoh General Hospital.

Could this be an omen of a 52-year old democracy going up in cinders in Perak?



Camera: John Motes, Malaysiakini-ICFJ Citizen Journalism trainee.