MSN director-general Ahmad Shapawi Ismail said Bill Wolfson Lianie, 14, who had complained of discomfort and giddiness, suddenly collapsed in his room at about 7am.

“NHDP management called for an ambulance and tried to resuscitate him before he was taken to the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital.

“After several attempts to resuscitate him, he was pronounced dead. Until now, the cause of death cannot be ascertained,” he said when met at the hospital here today.

He said Wolfson was one of the goalkeepers under the NHDP district training centre at SMK Penrissen, Kuching.

He was selected to attend the clinic organised by NHDP from yesterday until today.

He said Wolfson, who was accompanied by Sarawak state youth head coach Wilina Mac Carina Wilson, arrived in Ipoh last Thursday for the goalkeeper clinic in conjunction with the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.

“NHDP management has contacted his family and is liaising with the hospital. His aunt is on her way here to help make arrangements for his remains to be flown to Kuching,” he said.

Shapawi said youth and sports minister Ahmad Faizal Azumu had instructed MSN, the Malaysian Hockey Federation and NHDP to facilitate the funeral arrangements.

“Wolfson is believed to have died from a seizure after taking his bath in his room in Ipoh,” Faizal said in a statement issued later today.