Four-year-old boy falls to death from 8th-storey window in Klang
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KLANG - A four-year-old boy died after he fell out of an eight-floor flat unit in Malaysia on the morning of Aug 1.
According to South Klang deputy OCPD Kamalariffin Aman Shah said the incident occurred at the Port Klang Perantau Flats’ Block J.
“At the time of the incident, the boy’s father was at his workplace, and the mother was out of the house sending her second child to the babysitters,” said Supt Kamalariffin.
“The victim is believed to have fallen out of a window of his home on the eighth floor.”
He added that police received a distress call reporting the incident from a woman at 8am.
According to Supt Kamalariffin, the victim was rushed to the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang for emergency treatment and pronounced dead during treatment.
He said the post-mortem results indicated that the victim had suffered head injuries as a result of falling from a height.
He also added that police opened an investigation for child neglect, which comes with a jail term of not more than 20 years and a fine not exceeding RM50,000 (S$15,260).
“The police are urging members of the public, with other information pertaining to this incident, to go to the nearest police station or contact the South Klang police to help with the investigations,” he said. THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
