KUALA LUMPUR – “We have to constantly monitor (children)... no mum wants this to happen,” said the mother of an 11-month-old baby girl who died after falling from a window on the third floor of a Sri Aman Apartment unit in Jalan Aman Putra, here, recently.
Norasikin Juliar, 37, said she considers the tragedy a painful lesson to not be complacent around children.
“I don’t mean that I was being negligent… if possible, I had wanted my child to be within my sight all the time. We did not anticipate nor expect this to happen.”
The incident happened at about 2pm on May 2. The results of the autopsy found that the baby’s death is due to head injuries after falling from such a height.
Norasikin said everything happened in the blink of an eye, adding that she was folding clothes in another room when the incident occurred.
“She (victim) was out of my sight for just a little while. She was playing by my side when her sister took her to another room as several of her cousins were playing there.
“But in less than a few minutes, she fell down.”
Norasikin said her husband, Khairul Faizal, 37, has yet to get over the trauma of losing the youngest of their seven children.
Gerakan chief Datuk Dominic Lau visited the family to hand over donations recently.
He said he will propose to the government that all future People’s Housing Project units be built with grills.
“The safety of the people must be given priority.
“We will have a meeting soon with the Federal Territories minister or his deputy, and the Housing and Local Government Ministry to discuss the matter.”
He will also arrange for a psychologist to provide counselling to the family to help them cope after the tragic incident, he added. – Bernama, May 9, 2021
