18-Month-Old Dies From Drowning While In Babysitter s Care, Investigation Underway
05/26/21 AT 8:40 AM
An 18-month-old baby, who was found unconscious while in the care of a babysitter in Malaysia, was declared dead at a hospital Tuesday.
The child had been admitted to Seberang Jaya Hospital in Bukit Mertajam. The babysitter s daughter called an ambulance Tuesday morning from the house at Taman Seri Juru, senior police officer Shafee Abd Samad told the Star. The daughter saw her mother holding the unconscious toddler and called an ambulance, but the child was pronounced dead at 1pm, he said in a statement Wednesday.
The babysitter, who has not been identified, is also the aunt of the toddler s mother. The 52-year-old woman had been taking care of the child for the past month from 10 am to 6 pm, Mondays to Fridays.
Crowd control: Enforcement officers conducting an operation in a bazaar at Midtown Perda commercial centre in Kubang Menerong, Tasek Gelugor.
GEORGE TOWN: Three night entertainment operators and their patrons were fined a whopping RM305,000 on the island and in Bukit Mertajam for violating Covid-19 standard operating procedure (SOP).
They include two entertainment outlets here in Lebuh Pantai and one in Bukit Mertajam, which were slapped with RM25,000 fines, while patrons were fined RM5,000 each.
George Town OCPD Asst Comm Soffian Santong said the nightspots in Lebuh Pantai were raided at about 1am on Sunday, with 26 patrons fined.
In Bukit Mertajam, Central Seberang Prai OCPD Asst Comm Shafee Abd Samad said a worker at an entertainment outlet in Icon City and 19 patrons were caught off guard when police raided the premises at 1.15am.
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Breaking the rules: Thirty-two people were caught violating the conditional MCO rules during a raid at a nightclub in Jalan Gemilang, Bukit Mertajam.
BUKIT MERTAJAM: A Datuk Seri businessman was among 34 party-goers who were arrested during a raid at a nightclub in Jalan Gemilang here.
All of them were so engrossed in drinking and socialising way past midnight yesterday and did not even realise the presence of police in the premises.
Central Seberang Prai OCPD Asst Comm Shafee Abd Samad said the 60-year-old Datuk Seri was detained with 17 others inside a special karaoke room to celebrate a woman’s birthday.
BUKIT MERTAJAM: Police crippled a drug syndicate and seized RM2.9mil worth of drugs with the arrest of four people at a factory here on Monday (March 8).