15 students in Pasir Gudang school suffer breathing difficulties and vomiting, five admitted to hospital


JOHOR BARU: About 15 students from Sekolah Agama Taman Mawar in Pasir Gudang here suffered breathing difficulties and vomiting believed to be caused by air pollution Thursday (June 20).  

Pasir Gudang Fire and Rescue Station chief Ibrahim Omar said that they received a distress call about the incident at 3.39pm.  

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