KUALA LUMPUR: The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry has outlined recommendations for parents or guardians to prevent the recurrence of cases where children are left in vehicles, resulting in injury or death. Minister Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim said cases of negligent parents leaving children in the vehicle, which had caused the five deaths since 2016, was a serious matter. Among the precautionary measures are for parents to place their children in a special seat meant for infants and children aged five and below when in the vehicle and not placing children on the back seat, especially the blind spot behind the driver's seat. Rohani added that parents should place important items like handbags next to the child at the back or to place items needed by the child in the front seat to remind them that their children were on the back seat. She was replying to a question from Senator Datuk Shahanim Mohamad Yusoff during the question and answer session in Parliament on the approach taken by the Government to prevent cases of infant deaths from being left in vehicles.

Source: The Star March 26, 2018 10:52 UTC