Kuala Lampur, July 19 -- JULY 19 - The death of a university intern should never be dismissed as an unfortunate workplace accident. It should be treated as a warning that something has gone fundamentally wrong.

In June this year, Malaysia was shocked by the death of Muhammad Adam Danish Mohd Anuar, a final-year environmental science student from Universiti Putra Malaysia. He reportedly drowned while performing maintenance work inside a water reservoir during his industrial training.

Just months earlier, another intern, mechanical engineering student Soo Yu Jian, lost his life following an explosion involving an air-conditioning compressor only days before completing his internship.

These were not experienced industrial workers. They we...