SECOND VICTIM OF POISONED SNACKS INCIDENT DIES

GEORGE TOWN, July 12 (Bernama) -- Muhammad Luth Syauqi Nur Sufyan, 2, another victim of the poisoned snacks incident, died today while undergoing treatment at Penang Hospital’s Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), two days after his older brother’s passing.

The boy’s mother, Nurain Hasnorizal, 25, when contacted, said Muhammad Luth Syauqi breathed his last at 1.24 pm.

Both siblings had been receiving treatment at the hospital since last Sunday after consuming snacks believed to be laced with rat poison in Kampung Padang Ubi, Labu Besar, Kulim in Kedah.

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However, Muhammad Akil Syauqi, 3, died at 8.40 am on Wednesday after 78 hours of fighting for his life.

Nurain said the autopsy for her youngest son would be conducted today before the body is taken back to their hometown and laid to rest near his brother’s grave

Despite her deep sorrow and pain from losing another child, Nurain said she accepted Muhammad Luth Syauqi’s passing as fate.

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“I accept this as fate. Let him be with his brother rather than suffering here...all his pain is gone now,” she said, sobbing uncontrollably.

Media previously reported that the two children fell critically ill after consuming the snacks, believed to have been placed on a fence by an orchard owner to trap monkeys.

Their mother found out about the incident at 11 am on the same day when her children started vomiting and foaming at the mouth.

Meanwhile, their grandmother Saadiah Yaacob, 62, expressed her sorrow but accepted the loss of her second grandchild today.

"I’m very sad to have lost two grandchildren… in a space of two days… but I have to accept it having taken care of them from birth.

"He’s passed… after the poisoning, I kept praying both would recover… but they have gone now.

“My younger grandson passed about 1 pm… he’s still at the hospital and will be taken to Kampung Padang Ubi, Kulim and then to Kampung Banggol Berangan, Baling where he will be laid to rest beside his elder brother at the Muslim cemetary there,” she said when contacted today.

-- BERNAMA