Malacca state assembly speaker Omar Jaafar today rejected a suggestion by opposition leader Idris Haron for all members of the house to undergo a urine test.

Idris (BN-Sungai Udang) proposed the matter after giving his second supplementary question to state Health and Anti-Drug Committee chairperson Low Chee Leong (DAP-Kota Laksamana) on the state government’s stand over the ketum abuse issue.

Omar rejected the suggestion by Idris on grounds that the matter was not on the agenda of today’s meeting.

Earlier, in response to a supplementary question by Idris (above), Low said the Malaysian Drug Prevention Association of Malaysia (Pemadam), at its annual general meeting in Penang recently, had rejected the planting of ketum in the country.

Ketum leaves are banned for domestic consumption in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand due to their opiate properties.