KULIM: Two brothers, aged 2 and 3, are in critical condition after eating snacks containing rat poison near their home in Kampung Banggol Berangan, Labu Besar, here yesterday.
Kulim district police chief Superintendent Mohd Asyil Mohd Khairi said the boys' mother, 25, found her sons vomiting about 11am.
Asyil said the mother immediately took her sons to the Malau Health Clinic before they were transferred to the Kulim Hospital.
He said investigations found that the brothers likely took a packet of snacks hanging on a wire fence that contained poison intended as a monkey trap.
He added that the orchard was believed to belong to residents near the victim's home.
"Both victims are believed to have eaten the snacks. Soon after, the mother found her sons vomiting and foaming at the mouth," he said today.
Asyil said medical officers at the hospital found the brothers in critical condition.
He said they were later transferred to the Penang General Hospital.
"The case is being investigated for alleged child neglect.
"Police are looking for a suspect, believed to be the victims' neighbour, to assist in the investigation," he said.