The High Court will get to establish what actually happened in a wave pool incident which left a seven-year-old boy wheelchair-bound and tube-fed as a consequence.
The family of Syahriz Matin Abdul Halim, who is now 10, is seeking answers in the negligence suit against the Civil Service Club. They allege that the lifeguard was absent from his post at the club's Bukit Batok swimming facility when Syahriz found himself in difficulties.
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