Nine-year-old girl electrocuted while playing in water near electricity pole


MALACCA: A Year Three pupil was electrocuted while playing in a pool of water at the base of an electricity pole near her house in Kampung Gedung Lalang, Bukit Rambai here Wednesday.

In the 1pm incident, Mariam Najwa, nine, was playing with her younger brother, Muiz Asyraf, three, at the pool of water about 20m from her house when she suddenly collapsed.

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