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Published: Wednesday October 7, 2009 MYT 10:37:00 AM
Updated: Wednesday October 7, 2009 MYT 10:47:24 AM

8yr-old girl in coma from hornet attack dies

By JACK WONG

jackwong@thestar.com.my

KUCHING: The death toll from Saturday’s hornet attack at Sungai Moyan climbed to three after eight-year-old Chen Sze Ting died Tuesday night at the Sarawak General Hospital here.

Sze Ting, who fell into a coma after being severely stung by the hornets, died at about 8pm.

Her younger sister Sze Ying, six, and brother Chun Jie, three, died hours after they were admitted to the hospital.

Their funerals have yet to be held as family members wish their mother Tan Wan Chew, 29, who has also been hospitalised, will be able to bid farewell to her children.

Wan Chew’s condition was reported to have worsened and she is being treated at the hospital’s intensive care unit.

Wan Chew’s younger brother Lan Chia, who was one of the five attacked by the hornets, has recovered and been discharged from the hospital.

The five were swarmed and stung by the hornets while on a stroll on a hill near their home at the Sungai Moyang flats in Batu Kawa.

Meanwhile, the pest control expert engaged by the Padawan Municipal Council has destroyed the remaining hornet hives found behind the rocks near the flats where some 600 families live.

Two other hives were destroyed by the Civil Defence Department Rescue 991 personnel on Sunday night.