Penang orders councils to ensure guideline compliance after child’s death

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Exco man wants Penang island and Seberang Perai councils to clear out traders defying guidelines barring them from selling junk food and candies within 40m of a school.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/02/21/penang-orders-councils-to-comply-with-guidelines-after-childs-death/  Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/02/21/mati-tercekik-gula-gula-pbt-diarah-pastikan-garis-panduan-dipatuhi/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #Schools #Penang #CandySellers #FahmiHafiz

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00:00Following the death of 10-year-old Fahmi Hafiz Fakhruddin after choking on a candy, Penang has

00:06ordered its local authorities to ensure compliance with guidelines that bar hawkers from operating

00:11within 40 meters of a school. State Local Government Committee Chairman Jason Hung

00:16ordered both the Penang Island and Sebrang Perai Councils to go to the ground and clear

00:22out any traitor defying the guidelines issued in 2021. Co-developed by the health and local

00:28government ministries, the guidelines ban the sale of candies, chocolates, ice cream,

00:32junk food, processed foods, instant noodles, and sugary drinks within 40 meters of a school's

00:38perimeter. Fahmi, a Year 4 student, had choked on a gummy candy he bought outside SK Sungai

00:44Dua in Butterworth. He was left in critical condition after the incident and died at 11

00:49PM yesterday. The Consumers Association of Penang welcomed Penang's move but called for

00:55stricter enforcement to bar hawkers from peddling dangerous sweets to children. CAP

01:01Senior Education Officer Anbi Subaro also urged the education ministry to ensure all

01:06teachers were trained in the Heimlich Maneuver, a life-saving technique used to dislodge food

01:11from a choking person's airway. Danish Fajariza, FMT News.

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