300 kids drown every year


PETALING JAYA: Three hundred children drown every year, according to researchers, but not all are in rivers and pools.

Assoc Prof Dr Kulanthayan K.C. Mani said that for younger children aged four and below, even the bathroom posed a potential risk.

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