Eight-year-old girl jumps to her death after being reprimanded


JOHOR BARU: An eight-year-old girl, who was reprimanded by her mother, is believed to have jumped to her death from the ninth floor of an apartment at Taman Tampoi Indah here.

Johor Baru North OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Taib Ahmad said the incident was believed to have occurred after the mother told off the victim for making noise in the house.

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