Kindergarten was negligent, claims mum of boy who died after falling into pool


Nilaveni, said her four-year-old son Thanes was found unconscious in a swimming pool next to the kindergarten. - RONNIE CHIN/The Star

IPOH: The mother of a four-year-old boy who drowned in a swimming pool at Bandar Baru Sri Klebang claims that the kindergarten's management was negligent.

D. Nilaveni, 40, said her only child, V. Thanes Nair, died on Sunday (April 23) at the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital (HRBP) at about 10.35am here after being admitted on April 17, the day of the incident.

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