BATU PAHAT: Police have arrested seven drug syndicate members and seized various drugs worth more than RM890,000 during a raid here. Batu Pahat OCPD Asst Comm Shahrulanuar Mushaddat Abdullah Sani said the raid was carried out at around 7pm on Thursday (Aug 1) at an apartment unit here. "We arrested four local men and three foreign women...
BATU PAHAT: The body of a second fisherman who went missing after a boat capsized off Tanjung Segenting here has been found. Batu Pahat maritime zone maritime commander Mohd Haniff Mohd Yunus said the body of Tan Hai Lian, aged 62, was found along Pantai Koris here at around 11.30am on Sunday (June 23), some 12...
BATU PAHAT: Four people, including three Vietnamese women, were killed when their vehicle crashed into a trailer lorry at KM123.8 of the North-South Expressway (NSE), the Pagoh-Yong Peng stretch. Batu Pahat acting OCPD Supt Shahrulanuar Mushaddat Abdullah Sani said the accident occurred at 9.15pm on Tuesday (June 11) after the lorry broke down in the middle...
BATU PAHAT: Police have conducted checks at the factory which was the vendor that supplied the socks sold at convenience store chain KK Super Mart. Batu Pahat OCPD Asst Comm Ismail Dollah said a team of 40 policemen inspected Xin Jian Chang Sdn Bhd here at 9am on Tuesday (March 19). “We seized five pairs of socks...
MUAR: Four individuals, including two sisters, escaped the gallows after being acquitted and discharged by the High Court here from drug distribution charges. The accused, Siti Suhaida Ayob, 40; Suraya Ayob, 49; Hilmi Rosli, 37; and Mohd Asraf Md Salleh, 46, were charged under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which provides for the...
BATU PAHAT: The Education Ministry will look into specific allocations for equipment involving science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education as well as robotics in Budget 2024. Minister Fadhlina Sidek said this was based on current needs and a measure under the STEM Strengthening Initiative to support the need for extracurricular activities in schools. She said this...
BATU PAHAT: Two women in their 60s were duped of more than RM200,000 of their savings in separate scams which promised high returns. In the first case, a retired teacher was cheated of RM150,000 in a fake share investment scheme purportedly offered by a major commercial bank. It is learnt the woman received a message several weeks...
