KUALA LUMPUR: The daughter of two elderly people in Malaysia who died after eating pufferfish has called for more awareness on the sale of the fish, as she pushes for the government to prosecute those responsible for their deaths. Ms Ng Ai Lee, 51, said she hopes that there will be no repeat of the inciden
KLUANG: Family members of the elderly couple who passed away after consuming puffer fish are urging the authorities to expedite the investigation into their deaths.
The Health director-general of Malaysia has stated that puffer fish containing toxins are not allowed, after an elderly woman died from consuming the fish
The Food and Drug Administration states that puffer fish may contain tetrodotoxin and saxitoxin, which are fatal poisons that cannot be eliminated by boiling or freezing.