KEPALA BATAS: Ten-year-old Mohammad Fahmi Hafiz Mohammad Fakhruddin, who choked on gummy candy two days ago, was laid to rest at the Masjid Jamek Permatang Binjai Muslim cemetery here on Friday ( Feb 21).
The hearse carrying his remains arrived at his grandmother's house in Kampung Permatang Binjai at about 2pm after a post-mortem was concluded at Penang Hospital.
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His body was then taken to the cemetery after the solat jenazah was performed at Masjid Jamek Permatang Binjai, with over 200 friends and family members present at the burial site.
Fahmi Hafiz, a student at SK Sungai Dua in Butterworth, was reported to be in critical condition at the Penang Hospital paediatric intensive care unit on Wednesday (Feb 19) after choking on a gummy candy he bought outside the school.
He passed away on Thursday (Feb 20) night.
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The Penang Health Department later seized the gummy candy product from premises near Sungai Dua.
On Thursday, the Education Ministry reiterated its directive to all state Education Departments to collaborate with local authorities in monitoring and regulating food and beverage sales outside school premises.
