IPOH: A little girl was found drowned in a children’s swimming pool near her grandfather’s house in Tambun.
Perak police chief Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri said the three-year-old girl was found floating in the pool by her 15-year-old brother in the incident at about 6.30pm on Sunday.“Initial investigation found that the pool belonging to the grandfather’s neighbour was located at the side of a house. Around the time of the incident, the victim was with her mother at the house visiting family, while her father had gone to send another relative back to their accommodation.
“At about 6.30pm, the victim’s brother found her and she was rushed to hospital,” he said in a statement yesterday.He said the post-mortem found drowning to be the cause of death and the case is now being investigated under Section 33 of the Child’s Act for “leaving a child without reasonable supervision.”
He said this is the fourth case of drowning reported this year in Ipoh due to the negligence of parents or guardians, adding the police view such cases seriously.On April 23, a four-year-old boy was found in a swimming pool near a kindergarten, and passed away six days later in hospital.Article type: free
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