KUALA PERLIS, July 14 – The deaths of two young boys after eating poisoned snacks in Kulim, Kedah serves as a wake-up call for the Health Ministry (MOH) to tighten standard operating procedures (SOP) on the use and sales of such poisons.
Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said the incident serves as a reminder for the ministry, especially the enforcement to pay attention to the dangers of poisons to humans due to its high toxicity that can lead to death.
“…with such an incident, it reminds us, especially enforcement of the regulations in terms of SOP… a wake-up call that reminds us of the need to tighten regulations and SOPs in terms of use and sales (of such poisons),” he told reporters on Saturday night.
Brothers Muhammad Akil Syauqi Nur Sufyan, three, and Muhammad Luth Syauqi, two, died within the space of two days of each other after consuming snacks suspected to be laced with rat poison at a fence of an orchard in Kampung Padang Ubi, Labu Besar in Kulim last Sunday.
