A group of youngsters who scaled the ‘Ipoh’ sign, which has become a landmark in the hills on the outskirt of the Perak capital, issued an open apology to the nation today.

Group spokesperson Norfarihan Baharudin said that they were not able to apologise beforehand as they did not have the opportunity to do so.

“Actually, since we knew that... (our exploits) went viral, we wanted to apologise but we were not given the opportunity to do so.