JOHOR BARU: Police have classified the case of the 4-month-old baby, who died after choking on milk at his nanny’s house in Kampung Melayu Majidee on Tuesday afternoon as death by negligence.
Johor Baru South police chief Assistant Commissioner Shahurinain Jais said the death of Harraz Mohd Hafez was being investigated under Section 304A of the Penal Code.
He said, in the incident, the vicitm’s father Mohd Hafez Mohamed, 32, received a call from the nanny at about 2.30pm telliing him that the victim was unconscious.
“The father then went to the nanny’s house and found the nanny carrying the victim,” said Shahurinain when contacted.
He said after seeing that victim had turned pale, the father immediately took the victim to the Majidee health clinic before he was taken to the Sultanah Aminah Hospital in an ambulance.
“Doctors at the emergency unit tried to revive the victim but after 15 minutes, they declared that he had died,” said Shahurinain.
He said initial investigation showed that the nanny had been taking care of the victim for three months and was also taking care of the victim’s 2-year-old sister.
“There were no injuries or bruises on the victim’s body and initial check showed that the victim had been fed with milk before he went to sleep. He turned blue while sleeping,” said Shahurinain.
He said a post mortem concluded that the cause of death was “aspiration pneumonia”.
“The doctors said the victim had choked, causing milk to enter the lungs,” said Shahurinain.
He also said that the bruises that the father claimed were found on the victim were old ones that happened before the incident, adding that matter would be considered in the investigation.