The Johor tahfiz school where Mohamad Thaqif Mohd Gadaffi studied has claimed there was no chance the boy had contracted leptospirosis while under its care.

Madrasah Tahfiz al-Jauhar principal Mohammad Afdhaluddin Ismail told a press conference today that Thaqif had shown no signs of illness while boarding at the dormitory.

"During the early weeks after he started his studies here, he had a slight fever and he was homesick...