PM wants speedy probe on abused boy's death


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PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak wants the investigation into the death of 11-year-old Mohamad Thaqif Amin Mohd Gaddafi  to be accelerated.

Mohamad Thaqif, who was allegedly abused by an assistant warden at a religious school in Kota Tinggi, died on Wednesday.

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