PETALING JAYA: From swimming pools to waterfalls, Malaysian parents are taking their kids for a swim to beat the heat. But amid the fun, there is a sobering fact – an average of 10 children aged below 14 died each month from drowning from 2017 to 2021. Drowning is among the main causes of death among children below 15, especially boys. According to the Statistics Department of Malaysia, there were 591 drowning deaths of children aged 0-14 years between 2017 and 2021. Of the total, 74% were boys.

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