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

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.

As far as Siti, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, was aware, her only child was healthy enough to fight off a cold.

She gave…