Commercialisation, export of ketum leaves not possible without tighter safeguards, says Kedah rep

Kedah's Pengkalan Kundor assemblyman Datuk Dr Ismail Salleh.

ALOR SETAR: The proposal to commercialise and export ketum leaves for medicinal purposes can only be implemented after provisions of the laws have been tightened and a committee to control its farming has been set up.

“I feel the proposal of the Mentri Besar (Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor) to commercialise ketum is possible but firstly the laws must be tightened, all existing ketum plants should be cut down while a committee under the Health Ministry is established to oversee it,” said Datuk Dr Ismail Salleh (PH-Pengkalan Kundor).