Malaysian Teen Found Dead After Falling Asleep with Earphones While Charging Phone

Our mobile phones play a large part in our lives and nowadays. They are preactically always by our side 24/7. Because we don’t want to miss out on any happenings!

But this teenage boy in Taman Merbok, Bukit Baru, Melaka suffered detrimental consequences as a result of using his mobile phone even while he was sleeping. And of course, it shook the nation as most of us are also equally guilty of it!

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According to NST, the 19-year-old boy fell asleep in his room with his earphones plugged in. At that point in time, he’s also charging his mobile phone through a power bank. However, the next morning, his mother was shocked to find him dead.

The deceased’s mother, a 48-year-old nurse went into his room to wake him up at 7.00am but she found him dead in his bed. She tried to wake him up but there was no response. His distressed mother proceeded to lodge a police report at 8.10am on Friday.

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Authorities confirmed the incident and said, “As she did not get any response from her son, the mother used a spare key to unlock her son’s bedroom door.

“She found him lying motionless on the bed. The victim had both earphones on and the earphones were connected to a mobile phone, which was plugged to a power bank.”

While there have been no reports of the power bank exploding, the police stated that there were burn marks on the boy’s left shoulder, where the power bank was reportedly placed.

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The deceased has been identified as Syamirul Armizie Adenan, the second of four siblings and he had entered his room on Thursday about 10.00pm in the family home he was living with his mother.

The police said that they had classified his case as sudden death and will be awaiting the post-mortem report from Melaka Hospital.

Be careful when using mobile phones, especially when they are charging!

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