The Civil Service Club has accepted 75 per cent liability for a swimming pool tragedy at its Bukit Batok location that left a then seven-year-old boy blind, having to use a wheelchair and totally dependent on nursing care today.

The family of Syahriz Matin Abdul Halim alleged, among other things, that the lifeguard was absent from his post at the pool when the boy, who is now 11 years old, found himself in difficulties.