Noxious plant: Our report on Dec 9 last year on the killer weed.
PETALING JAYA: Anyone caught spreading or transporting the eczema-causing weed Parthenium hysterophorus into or across Malaysia risk facing a RM10,000 fine or two years’ jail or both.
The species has been declared as a noxious plant under the Plant Quarantine Act 1976 by the Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry on Wednesday.
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