THE deaths of a Form Five student and a two-year-old girl due to food poisoning yesterday are still being investigated by the Health Ministry (MoH), reported Bernama.

Deputy Health Minister Lukanisman Awang Sauni said the matter is still being probed by MoH and its headquarters will issue a statement on the matter later.

“The case will be answered by the (Division of) Public Health (and) the headquarters will issue the statement. For now, it is still under investigation,” he said at a press conference in Pekan, Pahang today.

Today, the media reported that the police confirmed receiving two reports involving a 17-year-old boy and a two-year-old girl who died of suspected food poisoning.

Gombak district police chief Noor Ariffin Mohamad Nasir was quoted as saying the teenager had eaten food brought back by his mother after attending a religious programme at the school last Saturday.

He said that after eating the food, the victim and his parents had diarrhea and at 1.30pm yesterday, the victim lost consciousness while the second victim ate the food brought by her father who was on duty as a security guard at the school on Saturday and was found to have a fever, vomiting and diarrhea around 10.45am yesterday.

Noor Ariffin said the bodies of the two victims were sent to the Selayang Hospital Forensic Unit for further action and the case was classified as sudden death.

According to Noor Ariffin, the food in both cases was identified as fried mee hoon and eggs. – June 11, 2024.