KUALA LUMPUR: A six-year-old boy fell to his death from the balcony of a 13th floor flat in Sentul at about 3.50pm yesterday.
Muhammad Amrin Su Syuqron Ngah Mohd Suhaimi died from severe head injuries.
“During the incident, the victim, who was the youngest of three children, was alone in the house, as his two elder siblings were at school.
"His father left the house at 3pm, while his mother was selling banana fritters in front of the building,” Sentul deputy police chief Supt Mohamed Rafiq Mohamed Mustafa said in a statement here today.
He said police were alerted to the incident by a member of the public and found the boy's remains on the apartment block walkway.
Mohamed Rafiq said the boy was pronounced dead at the scene, and the body was sent to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital’s Forensic Department for a post-mortem.
"The case is classified as sudden death, and we want to advise parents not to leave their children alone in the house to avoid any untoward incident,” he said.
The case will also be investigated under Section 31 (1) of the Child Act 2001 if any element of negligence on the part of the parents is found. -- BERNAMA