SUNGAI BULOH: A ketum syndicate operating under the guise of a landscape company has been busted with the seizure of 550,000ml of ketum juice and the arrest of four men.

BALIK PULAU: Police arrested five men believed to be involved in the processing and selling of ketum water in a raid at a house in Sungai Ara, Bayan Lepas here on Saturday (July 24).

The planting of psychoactive plants like ketum is allowed for research purpose only but requires a letter of authorisation issued by the Health Minister. This is contained in the Poisons ...

He also said the Poisons Act 1952 should be amended to control ketum with heavier penalties for abuse and addiction of ketum leaves. On March 16, Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor ...

Ketum (mitragyna speciosa) or kratom as it is often called in the western world, has opioid-like effects and is used locally for medicinal purposes.

While there is no law against planting Kratom or “ketum” as it is commonly known, owning, distributing and processing the plant is a crime, Khalid Abu Bakar said. The Inspector-General of ...

PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Malaysia's Cabinet has no objections to the growing of hemp and ketum for medical purposes, said the country's deputy Communications and Multimedia ...

Amend the laws before allowing hemp, ketum cultivation in Malaysia: Anti-narcotics chief The Malaysian Cabinet has given the green light to the growing of hemp and ketum for medical purposes.

GEORGETOWN: Ketum has been found to be effective as a painkiller, according to a study conducted by scientists of Universiti Sains Malaysia and Yale University.

KUALA LUMPUR: A group of nine Malaysian Members of Parliament (MPs) have agreed to form a special committee to study the medical uses of cannabis and the local ketum plant. The bipartisan caucus ...