Police record statements from 4 witnesses in boy's fatal fall
JOHOR BARU: Police have recorded statements from four witnesses following the death of a 7-year-old boy who fell from the 10th floor of a flat in Taman Perling yesterday.
JOHOR BARU: Four witnesses have given police statements following the tragic death of a 7-year-old boy who fell from the 10th floor of a flat in Taman Perling on October 23. Superintendent Azrol Anuar Nor of the Johor Baru Utara district police revealed that the young boy, Mohammad Adib Rizqy Mohammad Fauzi, had been playing with other children in the 10th-floor corridor prior to the incident.
He was reportedly seen using a bicycle to scale the wall of the corridor before losing his balance and falling to the ground below. The boy was discovered by residents at 5.30pm, sustaining severe head, hand and body injuries. He was pronounced dead upon arrival at Sultanah Aminah Hospital, Johor Baru. A post-mortem examination confirmed that the cause of death was multiple injuries sustained from the fall.
The case has been classified as sudden death and investigators are probing the incident. Mohammad Adib was a Primary One student at SK Tampoi Utama and the second of four siblings. His mother was cleaning the house at the time, while his father was at work. Superintendent Azrol has warned parents and guardians to keep a close eye on their children to avoid similar accidents, urging them to prevent children from climbing or playing near windows, balconies, corridors or other high-risk areas. Anyone with information can contact the Johor Baru Utara district police hotline at 07-556 3122.
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