Day: April 24, 2022

BALING, April 24 (Bernama) – A nine-year-old girl was killed after being run over by a family car in an unfortunate incident in Kampung Keledang Luar in the mukim of Tawar here, yesterday afternoon.

Baling police chief Supt Shamsudin Mamat said in the 2.15 pm incident, the girl was said to be playing outside the house with her seven-year-old brother and had entered the car which was parked in front of the house.

“According to witnesses, the girl was seen playing in the driver’s seat and was believed to have lowered the handbrake, causing the car to move backwards.

“The panicked girl got out of the car and ran towards the back and tried to stop it from moving but could not and was trapped,” he said in a statement here today.

According to him, the mishap came to the attention of her 29-year-old uncle who was then preparing to go out from the house to work as an ambulance driver of a private company.

“Her uncle who heard his nephew’s screams rushed out and found her under the car before pushing it forward and retrieved the girl but she was unconscious,” he said.

Shamsudin said the girl’s uncle then rushed her to the Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital, Sungai Petani, but she was reported to have died on the way to the hospital.

He said the girl, who was a Year Three pupil at Sekolah Kebangsaan Tawar, Kuala Ketil lived with her family but during the incident, her father and grandmother were not at home and that she and her other siblings, aged seven to 15, were being taken care of by their uncle.

He said the girl’s body was sent to the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital, Alor Setar for post-mortem and that the case was classified as sudden death and was being investigated under Section 31 (1) of the Child Act 2001.

She is believed to have suffered internal bleeding and a fractured skull.

“I would like to advise the public, especially caregivers, to always be concerned and protect the safety of children well to avoid unwanted incidents,” Shamsudin said.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

KOTA TINGGI, April 24 (Bernama) — The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) plans to introduce drone industry and technology in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education syllabus to produce more future industry players.

Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said the ministry would discuss with the Ministry of Education on the matter in the government’s efforts to streamline the syllabus and attract more interest in STEM subjects.

“I was informed that the Ministry of Education will bring the Cabinet memorandum on STEM and its use to the government soon and there, we (MOSTI) will suggest that drone technologies such as design, use and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are included in STEM…as early as in the school curriculum and co-curriculum,” he said.

He spoke to reporters after launching the ‘Fly with Meraque’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme at the Kota Tinggi District Council Hall, Bandar Tenggara, here today.

Dr Adham said currently, the ministry was working with the Johor Education Department together with state Education, Information and Communication Committee chairman Norlizah Noh to start introducing the drone technology through co-curriculum at schools, higher education institutions and skills institutes in Johor.

At the ceremony, Dr Adham also handed over two sets of drones to three foster schools under the programme and launched the Drone Technology Introduction Module.

On today’s programme, he said it was carried out in collaboration with a drone technology company – Meraque Services Sdn Bhd which sponsored drones for learning purposes to the three schools in Johor.

The programme is expected to benefit more than 600 students from Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Sultan Alauddin and SMK Seri Pinang here as well as SMK Taman Scientex in Pasir Gudang.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency