Govt seeks to ban ketum planting before usage gets widespread


Bede Hong

Muhyiddin Yassin says the planting of ketum has already been banned in neighbouring Thailand, and that a ban would circumvent the rising trend of exporting ketum north of the border. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, November 12, 2018.

THE government is seeking to ban the planting of ketum to prevent its widespread usage, said Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.

It may also amend the law to categorise the plant as a dangerous drug or poison, he told reporters in Putrajaya today after chairing an action committee meeting with the National Anti-Drugs Agency.


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