PORT DICKSON: A probe by the authorities found that "human error" led to 32 pupils at SK Linggi falling sick after workers sprayed a pesticide at a chilli farm near here last Thursday (July 18).
Deputy Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Shim Tze Tzin said the workers also used an unsuitable pesticide at the farm located some 500m from the school.
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