Eight-Year-Old Boy Falls To His Death

The Sun Daily, Friday, 24 April 2015

Pic: AstroAwaniKAJANG: An 8 year-old boy fell to his death from a third floor corridor at the Suria Court apartment in Bandar Mahkota, Cheras today.

In the incident, the deceased identified as Damon Yen Zhi Yang who was feeling unwell, was at a home tuition centre in the building before his tragic fall.

According to a parent who sends his child to the same centre, the teacher had gone out to buy lunch for Yang shortly before the incident.

"The teacher has been caring for him since he was young. It was a routine for his mother to send him here. The teacher was like family to him and they are very close.

"He was sleeping when the teacher went out and had covered him with a blanket," he said.

He also said that the teacher was shocked when she returned home 10 minutes later to find the door to her home wide open and a blanket near the door.

"The teacher saw the blanket near the door and the boy was seen in blood, holding a pad lock and a spare key," he added.

It was learnt that another three children are also registered in the same home tuition centre but there were in school at the time of the incident.

Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director (operations) Mohd Sani Harul said they received a distress call of the accident at about 12.42pm.

Meanwhile, Kajang police chief ACP Ab Rashid Ab Wahab confirmed that the victim's mother known as Lim Lay Ling had sent the boy to the teacher's home shortly before the incident.

He said investigations are ongoing while at the preliminary investigations stage the case has been classified as sudden death.

The body, which landed on the apartment lobby roof was sent to the Kajang hospital for post-mortem.

- TheSunDaily