Toddler dies of strangulation after playing with curtain rope

IPOH: A two-year-old boy died of strangulation after his neck was entangled in a curtain tie-back at his house in Halaman Meru Impian here.

Ipoh OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Ali Tamby said the boy was believed to have been playing with the rope used to secure the curtain at the staircase near the kitchen in the 2.30pm incident on Tuesday (March 27).