Narinjara News, November28, 2022

Sixmembers of a Mro ethnic family died after suffered vomiting, suffocation and symptoms of poisoning in Thet Htinvillage in Pi Chuang area of Kyauktaw township, Rakhine state.

 Anofficial from Kyauktaw Hospital said, “Oneof them died yesterday in the village. The otherfive arrived at the hospital, but all of them died today. The initialinvestigation revealed thatthey had eaten mushroom and corn. So our preliminarily investigation hasconcluded thatthey may have died from food poisoning. We will send the stomach fluid samplesto Yangonfor more analysis.”

Thosewho died were Daw Aung Ma (68), U Thaw Kyar Aung (54), his wife Daw Khaing ThanNu (54), his offsprings, Ma Sandar Tun (27), Ma Soe Than (23) and Maung Kyaw NyeinTun (13), all were from Thet Htin village.

Thefamily members bought and ate corn from a nearby village on November 26, andthey startedsuffering from shortness of breath in the evening. They were taken to Kyauktaw Hospital,but Ma Sandar Win died at around 11:00 PM while undergoing treatment at We GyeeDaunt Regional Hospital.

Theremaining five were taken to Kyauktaw Hospital and were provided oxygen support, howeverDaw Khing Than Nu, Ma Soe Than and Maung Kyaw Neyin Tun died half an hour aparta source close to the family said.

DawAung Ma died around midnight on November 27, and U Thaw Kyar Aung also passed awayaround 6:00am on November 28.

“ Now thepolice and doctors continue their investigation. The exact cause of death is currentlyunknown. All the family members have passed away”, the person close to the doomedfamily said.