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M'sia boy, 10, dies after choking on eyeball-shaped gummy candy
He took his last breath with his father and mother by his side.
February 21, 2025, 03:37 PM
A 10-year-old boy in Malaysia passed away on Feb. 20 after choking on a gummy a few days earlier.
Mohamad Fahmi Hafiz Mohamad Fakhruddin reportedly took his last breath with his father and mother by his side.
The story first came to light when Siti Farhani Mohamad Fikri, 33, posted on Facebook about her nephew, Fahmi, who was in critical condition after choking on a gummy shaped like an eye.
"I appeal to everyone to pray for a miracle for my nephew so that he can recover," she previously told the New Straits Times.
However, she later confirmed that the boy passed away around 11pm on Feb. 20 while receiving treatment at Penang General Hospital.
Collapsed during religious class
Fahmi reportedly collapsed during a religious class at about 2:30pm on Feb. 18.
He was rushed to the hospital and put in the pediatric intensive care unit.
His family later discovered the eyeball-shaped gummy in his clothes, which he had apparently bought outside the school premises unbeknownst to anyone.
Family grieving
His father, Mohamad Fakhruddin Mohamad Fikri, 35, told NST that he has accepted his son's death, despite the boy leaving "so quickly" as he was no longer suffering.
He and his wife were seen crying as Fahmi's body was moved for post-mortem examination.
Fahmi's body is expected to be taken back to his grandmother's house afterwards in Permatang Binjai, Penang.
"The hands that have cared for him since he was little will now bathe and shroud my son. I don't know how I will manage it," his father said, according to NST.
"Thank you to everyone who has prayed for my son," he added.
Top photos via Siti Farhani Mohamad Fikri's Facebook
