Boy forced to use urine bag after botched circumcision


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 07 Jan 2017

Young boys participate in a mass circumcision event amid grand welcome and festivities, which some consider as a celebration of reaching manhood. - AFP

SEGAMAT: Another case of botched circumcision was reported on Jan 5 after a 10-year-old boy had part of his penis severed following a mass circumcision ceremony at a surau in Sg Buloh.

The boy was referred to Hospital Selayang after the bleeding in his penis failed to stop following the Nov 25 procedure which was performed by an assistant medical officer.

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