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Health
Aisyah Llewellyn

‘Too late to save him’: Indonesian children killed by cough syrup

Mohammad Fajar was Siti's only child and his death has left her devastated [Aisyah Llewellyn/Al Jazeera]

Medan, Indonesia – When Siti’s son, Mohammad Fajar, first fell ill at the end of August this year, the housewife and cleaner did not think much of it.

The five-year-old had just celebrated Indonesia’s Independence Day with his family at home in the city of Medan, playing with his mother’s mobile phone to make videos of himself dancing and laughing.

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