JOHOR BARU: A single mother is pleading for her teenage daughter to come home, nearly two months after she ran away from the family home in Batu Pahat. Soh Shui Ping, 35, said her 15-year-old daughter, the eldest of four children, left their home in Taman Murni, Batu Pahat, on April 28. She claims a man who...
BATU PAHAT: A juvenile crocodile was captured near the site where a 4.5-metre female crocodile weighing about 410kg was caught on Wednesday (May 7). The Johor Fire Rescue Department Operation Centre reported receiving a call about the reptile on Friday (May 9) at 7.15pm. Bandar Penggaram Fire station senior officer II Murad Paiman said six firemen and...
BATU PAHAT: A factory worker here claims he lost RM330,400 in a non-existent investment scheme after receiving a WhatsApp message in January. Batu Pahat OCPD Asst Comm Shahrulanuar Mushaddat Abdullah Sani said the victim was attracted to the high returns in the supposed "Hong Kong Share Investment" opportunity. “The suspect then briefed the 57-year-old victim on the...
A VIDEO circulating on social media shows a minor accident between two cars with the wing mirrors of both vehicles being hit. However, instead of stopping to exchange information and discuss any settlement, one motorist continues on his way. The other follows him to some shophouses and confronts him, after which a scuffle ensues. It is said that...
BATU PAHAT: A 36-year-old woman was killed in a car accident at KM34.5 Jalan Kluang and Jalan Taman Bahagia here on Sunday (Jan 19). The 11pm tragedy occurred when a car driven by a 40-year-old man travelling from Ayer Hitam towards Kluang collided with another car exiting a junction at the intersection at KM34.5. The deceased, identified...
KLUANG: A female cook has died while a seven-month-old baby girl is in critical condition from a collision between their multipurpose vehicle and a lorry at KM86 along Jalan Johor Baru-Ayer Hitam here. Kluang OCPD Asst Comm Bahrin Mohd Noh said the MPV was ferrying eight people from Muar after attending an engagement ceremony in the...
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...
