The Perak state government has cancelled the open tender to sell the site of the former Istana Raja Muda at Jalan Syed Abu Bakar in Teluk Intan.

Perak Menteri Besar Saarani Mohamad said the decision was made when it received objections from the community to sell the old palace in an open tender for a commercial and mixed development project.

"After various studies, we...