KUALA LUMPUR: Any decision on allowing ketum leaves from this country to be exported to Thailand as suggested by Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor, should go through the Cabinet, Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Datuk Razarudin Hussain said this was because the matter would involve amendment to the related Act.
ALOR SETAR, March 16 Kedah Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor has proposed to the Federal government to allow the export of ketum leaves to meet the high demand by pharmaceutical companies abroad. He said the move would not only help ketum growers in the country, but the government.
ALOR SETAR: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has foiled an attempt to smuggle about 1.2 tonnes of ketum leaves worth more than RM200,000 out of the country.
ALOR SETAR: Police detained a man and seized 350kg of ketum leaves after his car skidded and crashed into a tree in Kampung Kubang Tiga, Chuping, Perlis, early Thursday (Feb 3) morning.