Boy killed after falling into manhole with cover removed


Danger below: Firemen retrieving the body of the boy who fell into the manhole at the Pasir Puteh police headquarters.

IPOH: The cover of a manhole where a three-year-old boy fell to his death here was believed to have been opened a day before by children who were playing at the site, says Ipoh OCPD Asst Comm A. Asmadi Abdul Aziz.

He added that investigations revealed the manhole, located at the police quarters in Pasir Puteh, was closed prior to the incident. A group of children allegedly opened its cover on Monday evening.

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