<figure id="attachment_3225547" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3225547" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3225547" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/7231da99-shazeli-kahar-bernama-021225-1.webp" alt="Shazeli Kahar" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3225547" class="wp-caption-text">Selangor police chief Shazeli Kahar confirmed the woman&#8217;s arrest and the death of her child. (Bernama pic)</figcaption></figure>
PETALING JAYA: Police have arrested a 35-year-old mother of three on suspicion that she may have given one of her children methadone, leading to the 11-year-old&#8217;s death.
Selangor police chief Shazeli Kahar confirmed the arrest and the death of the child, Berita Harian reported.
&#8220;The two other children are being treated in hospital and their mother has been arrested for further investigation,&#8221; he was quoted as saying.
The two children are reportedly in intensive care.
All three of them were allegedly given methadone at their home in Kajang.
Methadone is a synthetic opioid often used in drug rehabilitation as a substitute for hard drugs. It eases withdrawal symptoms experienced by addicts who stop taking drugs without giving them the same &#8220;high&#8221;.
Berita Harian quoted a source as saying the incident was reported by a doctor at Hospital Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin this morning, after the three children were rushed to the hospital at about 7.50am.

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