Man chokes to death on dodol

MALACCA: An elderly man died after choking on local delicacy dodol at his house in Taman Merbok, Bukit Baru here last Friday.

K. Sanmugam, 67, experienced breathing difficulties after a piece of dodol got stuck in his throat while he and his wife, S. Santhaletchmy, 66, were enjoying the delicacy around 10am.

Santhaletchmy said upon seeing him choking, she patted his back several times and tried to take the dodol out of his mouth with her fingers.

"I bought that dodol more than a week ago and I cut it into little pieces.

"I advised him to not eat it but he refused to listen to me," she told reporters here Wednesday.

She added her husband later fainted and was rushed to the Pantai Hospital here for treatment.

However, the doctor said that her husband was in serious condition and died a few minutes later.

Santhaletchmy said her husband was a former employee of SMW Environment and Malacca Historic City Council and had suffered a stroke 15 years ago. - Bernama