By Selangor Journal Team
SHAH ALAM, June 11 – Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari has vowed to conduct a thorough probe into the case of a teenager and toddler who died after eating food from a school in Gombak.
In a Facebook post today, Amirudin conveyed his condolences to the families of the deceased and assured them that the state will provide them with assistance.
“We are deeply saddened by the tragic deaths of two people, suspected to be caused by food poisoning.
“The state government, through its Education and Health Departments, is conducting a thorough investigation into this matter.
“I extend my heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and have instructed that assistance be provided to them,” he said.
This comes after police confirmed receiving two reports of a 17-year-old boy and a two-year-old girl who died of suspected food poisoning from food obtained at a religious school in Gombak.
Gombak police chief Noor Ariffin Mohamad Nasir was quoted as saying the teenager had eaten food brought home by his mother, who attended a religious programme at the school on Saturday.
He said after eating the food, the victim and his parents had diarrhoea and at 1.30pm yesterday, the victim lost consciousness. The second victim ate the food brought home by her father, who is a security guard at the Gombak school, on Saturday, and had fever, vomiting and diarrhoea at 10.45am yesterday.
