Penang to step up checks on childcare centres following infant death


GEORGE TOWN: Penang will intensify spot checks on childcare and related centres statewide following the death of a four-month-old boy.

State social development, welfare and non-Islamic affairs committee chairman Lim Siew Khim said the state Welfare Department will be directed to carry out frequent spot checks at childcare centres, kindergartens and care homes.

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