Another case of a minor eating snack allegedly laced with poison


CHUKAI: A teenage boy has been hospitalised after eating biscuits suspected to be laced with poison that he found on the fence of a village farm here.

Kemaman district police chief Supt Hanyan Ramlan said the incident occurred at around 2pm on Friday, when the 13-year-old boy from Kampung Air Putih was walking from his home to a nearby river to catch fish.

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