Four-year-old boy dies after fall from 30th-floor of Bukit Jalil apartment


KUALA LUMPUR: A four-year-old boy was killed after he is believed to have fallen from the balcony of his 30th-floor residence at an apartment in Bukit Jalil earlier Thursday (June 5).

Cheras OCPD Asst Comm Aidil Bolhassan said an emergency call was received at 11.17am from a man reporting the incident.

"The victim's body has been sent to the forensics unit of Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz, and a post-mortem examination is scheduled for tomorrow," he said in a statement Thursday.

The case has been classified as sudden death and further investigation is ongoing.

A 37-second video of the incident has also gone viral on social media, showing a man believed to be a family member in tears next to the child, whose body was covered with a cloth. - Bernama

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