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are deformations of torsion modules always torsion?

Let's say I have a field $\mathbb{K}$ and a flat family of $\mathbb{K}[t]$-modules $M$ over the formal disk $Spec \mathbb{K}[[h]]$.

Now, assume that $M/hM$ is torsion as a $\mathbb{K}[t]$-module (but NOT finitely generated). Can I conclude that $M[h^{-1}]$ is torsion as a $\mathbb{K}((h))[t]$-module?

Ben Webster
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