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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