IPOH: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today provided RM2,000 in initial assistance to the family of three siblings involved in a road accident in Tambun that claimed the lives of two of them and left another seriously injured.

The contribution was handed over by Tambun Parliamentary Community Service Centre officer Muhammad Izzudin Hariz Bohari on behalf of Anwar, who is also the Tambun member of parliament.

Tambun Parliamentary Community Service Centre officer Ashraf Kahasani said Anwar had instructed the centre to provide the initial assistance to the family.

"The Prime Minister also conveyed his condolences to the victims' family and asked us to provide the assistance directly to the next of kin to help ease their burden.