KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 — Education Minister Datuk Seri Fadhlina Sidek has extended her condolences to the family of a seven-year-old girl who died after experiencing breathing difficulties at a school in Dengkil yesterday.
She said the Education Ministry (MOE) is providing psychosocial support to the bereaved family and members of the school community affected by the incident.
“For now, the ministry’s priority is to provide psychosocial support to the family and the school community,” she told the media after attending the Anti-Bullying Literacy Programme in conjunction with the Anti-Bullying Act 2026, organised in collaboration with the Legal Affairs Division of the Prime Minister’s Department at the Institute of Teacher Education Malay Language Campus today.
Also present was Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.
Fadhlina added that the MOE will continue to monitor developments in the case based on the outcome of the police investigation.
It was reported that the pupil had experienced breathing difficulties while in class.
Sepang police chief ACP Norhizam Bahaman said they received a report on the incident at 7.30pm yesterday, and that the Criminal Investigation Division of the Sepang police headquarters is conducting further investigations.
A post-mortem conducted at the Putrajaya Hospital at 8am today classified the case as sudden death.
