Food poisoning turns fatal


PETALING JAYA: A food poisoning incident that resulted in two deaths and left 82 people with symptoms in Gombak is believed to have originated from a meal of fried bihun and fried eggs, according to the Selangor Health Department.

“The department received a report on food poisoning following the Program Kemahiran Amal Islami in Gombak on Saturday (June 8), which involved 30 primary schools,” state health director Dr Ummi Kalthom Shamsudin said in a statement yesterday.

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