KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 (Bernama) -- Education Minister Datuk Seri Fadhlina Sidek has extended her condolences to the family of a seven-year-old girl who died after experiencing breathing difficulties at a school in Dengkil yesterday.
She said the Ministry of Education (MOE) was providing psychosocial support to the bereaved family and members of the school community affected by the incident.
“For now, the ministry’s priority is to provide psychosocial support to the family and the school community,” she told reporters after attending the Anti-Bullying Literacy Programme in conjunction with the Anti-Bullying Act 2026, organised in collaboration with the Legal Affairs Division of the Prime Minister’s Department at the Institute of Teacher Education (IPG) Malay Language Campus here today.
Also present was Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.
Fadhlina said the ministry would continue to monitor developments in the case based on the outcome of the police investigation.
It was reported that the pupil had experienced breathing difficulties while in class.
Sepang Police chief ACP Norhizam Bahaman said police received a report on the incident at 7.30 pm and that the Criminal Investigation Division of the Sepang Police headquarters was conducting further investigations.
A post-mortem conducted at Putrajaya Hospital at 8 am today classified the case as sudden death (SDR).
-- BERNAMA