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TAIPING: A Form Two student who was putting up a tent died after his head was hit by a pulley.
Goh Swee Khim (pic), 14, of SMK Hua Lian here, who was taking part in a camping trip organised by the school’s scouts troop, died on the spot in the 6am incident yesterday.
Taiping OCPD Asst Comm Yusof Mohd Diah said Swee Khim was setting up the tent for the club’s flying fox activity.
“The pulley fell while he was carrying out his task. He suffered severe head injuries,” he said, adding that police had ruled out foul play.
ACP Yusof said Swee Khim’s teacher Chan Din Cow was present during the incident.His remains have been sent to the Taiping Hospital.
Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong, who expressed his condolences to the family at a wake at a temple here, said ministry director-general Datuk Abdul Ghafar Mahmud would head a committee to investigate the incident.
He said the school has also been directed to hold back co-curricular activities in the next two weeks as a show of respect for Swee Khim.
The suspension of the co-curricular activities would also allow the students involved to undergo counselling as they have been traumatised, he added.
Dr Wee also gave RM2,000 to the family.
State exco member Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon, who visited the bereaved family yesterday, presented RM5,000 to the family on behalf of the state government.
“Swee Khim was a good boy who would save his pocket money for his parents so that they could go for a holiday. It is sad his life has been cut short so tragically,” he said.
TAIPING: They tried to be brave troopers, but they could not stop the tears from flowing.
Goh Swee Khim’s fellow Boy Scouts found it hard to say goodbye to their friend who was killed after a pulley fell on his head.
The Scouts were among hundreds who mourned the death of the Form Two student of SMK Hua Lian here.
A mother’s grief: Phorn Thi Pha (centre) being consoled by relatives at the crematorium where her son was cremated.
Swee Khim had been taking part in a camping trip organised by the school’s Scouts Movement on Saturday and was putting up a tent when the mishap occurred, killing him on the spot.
His body was cremated in Air Putih, Kamunting yesterday and his ashes brought to a columbarium at Jalan Tupai here.
Goh’s mother, Phorn Thi Pha, 38, said she would wait for the Education Ministry to complete its investigation before deciding on the family’s next course of action.
Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong said on Saturday that a committee was being set up to probe the tragedy.
He said the school had also been directed to shelve its co-curricular activities for two weeks as a mark of respect for Goh.
Sad goodbye: Goh Swee Khim’s friends from SMK Hua Lian paying their last respects to Swee Khim during his funeral in Taiping. Swee Khim died after a pulley fell on his head during a camping trip.
The students involved would also undergo counselling as they had been traumatised by the incident.
Yesterday, the school’s board of governors chairman Lim Eng Sua said the Taiping district education office would be sending six counselling teachers to help the affected students.
He stressed that there was a teacher monitoring the scouts’ activities at the time of the incident and denied reports in several newspapers that the students were left unattended.
”The teacher is a very experienced and responsible person. He has been a scout master for more than 10 years,” he said.
He said the school would arrange for a meeting between the teacher and Swee Khim’s family as soon as possible.
”We will also bring about 40 scouts who witnessed the incident as we want to be very transparent about the matter,” he said.
