KAJANG: A 35-year-old woman and her husband have been arrested after she allegedly gave her three sons a liquid form of methadone, one of whom has since died.
The deceased is her eldest son aged 11.
Her two other sons aged five and nine were taken to Hospital Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin.
The hospital said three boys were brought in at about 7.50am on Wednesday (Feb 11).
One was declared dead and the other two admitted to the intensive care unit, where they remain in critical condition.
Methadone is a synthetic opioid commonly used in drug substitution therapy.
Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Shazeli Kahar confirmed the arrests.
"The victims' parents, aged 35 and 44, have been arrested," he said in a statement on Wednesday.
The case is being investigated under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001
