SYDNEY: Police are investigating a 7-year-old boy’s death following his attendance at a “slapping workshop” by a visiting Chinese therapist.

Aidan Fenton from Sydney, who reportedly suffered from diabetes, was found unconscious at a hotel in a Sydney suburb. He and his mother had attended Xiao Hongchi’s workshop on alternative therapies at a health center in Sydney.

Police are reportedly investigating whether he had stopped taking insulin. Xiao ran the workshop at the Pan Health Medical Centre in Hurstville, Sydney, from 22-28 April at a cost of $1,420. The therapist has been interviewed by police and has since left the country, the Sydney Morning Herald said.

Police said BBC ambulance services were called to a hotel in Hurstville after a family member found the boy unconscious.