{
  "id": 9945678,
  "title": "Police await further tests to determine cause of student's death",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/police-await-further-tests-to-determine-cause-of-students-death",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-26T08:45:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/09/1541610/police-await-further-tests-determine-cause-students-death"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Negri Sembilan police are waiting for additional tests to ascertain the cause of death for a 14-year-old student allegedly bullied at a school hostel in Kuala Pilah. The post-mortem examination of Muhammad Idlan Fareeq Shahril, conducted by Dr Akma Nurain Fairuz Mahamad Arif at the Forensic Medicine Department of Tuanku Ja'afar Hospital, concluded today. The results have not yet been released, and police await further testing to determine the cause of death. So far, 21 individuals, including students, teachers, and the victim's parents, have been interviewed as part of the investigation. Earlier reports suggested the Form Two student from a secondary school in Kuala Pilah died after being bullied at the school hostel. He was found unconscious, taken to Tuanku Ampuan Najihah Hospital, and later pronounced dead. Police have detained a 16-year-old boy for assistance in the investigation and initiated a probe under Section 302 of the Penal Code, with the teenager being remanded for six days from today.",
  "summary": "SEREMBAN: The cause of death of a 14-year-old boy allegedly bullied at a school hostel in Kuala Pilah remains undetermined following a post-mortem.",
  "key_points": [
    "14-year-old student Muhammad Idlan Fareeq Shahril died in Negri Sembilan.",
    "Post-mortem conducted by Dr Akma Nurain Fairuz Mahamad Arif, results pending.",
    "Police await further tests, detain 16-year-old boy in investigation."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}