GEORGE TOWN, July 12 — Muhammad Luth Syauqi Nur Sufyan, 2, another victim who ate snacks laced with poison, died today at Penang General Hospital, two days after his older brother’s death.
The boy’s mother, Nurain Hasnorizal, 25, when contacted, said Luth Syauqi breathed his last at 1.24pm.
Both siblings were being treated since last Sunday, after eating snacks believed to be laced with rat poison in Kampung Padang Ubi, Labu Besar, Kulim, Kedah.
However, Akil Syauqi, 3, died at 8.40am on Wednesday after 78 hours of fighting for his life.
Nurain said the autopsy for her youngest son would be conducted today before the body is taken back to their hometown and laid to rest near his brother’s grave.
Despite her deep sorrow at losing another child, Nurain said she accepts Luth Syauqi’s passing as fate.
“I accept this as fate. Let him be with his brother rather than suffering here… All his pain is gone now,” she said.
Media reports said the two children fell critically ill after consuming the snacks, believed to have been placed on a fence by an orchard owner to trap monkeys.
Their mother found her children vomiting and foaming at the mouth at 11am the same day.
— Bernama
