Fatal plunge offfourth floor after18-year-oldattends counselling session

Wednesday June 29, 2011
Fatal plunge off
fourth floor after
18-year-old
attends counselling
session
By AUSTIN CAMOENS and
NG CHENG YEE
newsdesk@thestar.com.my
KAJANG: A Form Six
student from SMK Yu Hua
fell to his death from the
fourth floor of one of the
blocks moments after
attending a counselling
session.
Nge Hao Zheng, 18, died
on the spot from multiple
injuries at about 9.20am
yesterday.
Security guard Shamsol
Mazli Abdul Samad, 38,
said he heard a loud thud
and when he went to
take a look he saw the
boy lying in a pool of
blood.
Where it happened: A
picture showing SMK Yu
Hua, where Hao Zheng
(inset) fell to his death at
one of the school blocks.
It is learnt that Hao Zheng,
who did not have a
disciplinary record, was
referred for the
counselling session after
he allegedly nudged a
female student on
Monday.
When met at the Serdang
Hospital, the boy's father,
who only wanted to be
known as Nge, said he
was unaware that his
son was told to attend
the counselling session.
“He went to school in
the morning as usual and
he did not seem
depressed,” he said.
Police have classified the
case as sudden death,
adding that Hao Zheng's
body was sent to the
Serdang Hospital for a
post-mortem.
Meanwhile, Deputy
Education Minister Datuk
Dr Wee Ka Siong said Hao
Zheng was referred to
the counselling teacher
by a disciplinary teacher
after a female student
complained that he had
deliberately “bumped”
into her.
Devastated: Hao
Zheng’s mother being
comforted by Nge at the
Serdang Hospital
mortuary Tuesday. —
GLENN GUAN/The Star
“He admitted to the
accusation and was
crying during the session.
The teacher tried to calm
him down and asked him
to rest for five minutes.
“However, no
disciplinary action was
taken against him,” he
said at a press
conference here
yesterday.
He said Hao Zheng then
left the counselling room
at 9.05am before he was
found dead at about
9.20am.
Dr Wee, who expressed
his condolences to Nge's
family, said he had
instructed the school
authorities and the
district education
department to provide
assistance to them.