M’sian Teacher Receives Engraved YSL Lipstick As Birthday Gift From Her Student; Goes Viral For Her Reaction

We can only imagine how fulfilling it must be for teachers to be appreciated by their students. Nur Insyirah, a 29-year-old teacher from Johor Bahru’s Mohd Khalid Secondary School, took to TikTok last weekend to unbox a gift — lipstick from YSL Beauty —from a student. She was so excited to find her name engraved on the case, she giggled and...

Six-year-old Albertine has been found safe

PETALING JAYA: Six-year-old Albertine Leo Jia Hui, who went missing during a Bon Odori event in Johor Baru, has been found safe at a hotel in Batang Kali on Tuesday (July 23). This was confirmed by Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan. She was reported missing at around 8.30pm on Saturday (July 21) during the...

Six-year-old Albertine has been found safe

PETALING JAYA: Six-year-old Albertine Leo Jia Hui, who went missing during a Bon Odori event in Johor Baru, has been found safe at a hotel in Batang Kali on Tuesday (July 23). This was confirmed by Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan. She was reported missing at around 8.30pm on Saturday (July 21) during the...

Johor Immigration Dept nabs 145 illegal immigrants in city centre raid

JOHOR BARU: The Johor Immigration Department has arrested 145 illegal immigrants during a raid on four kopitiam premises in the city centre. Its director Datuk Mohd Rusdi Mohd Darus said the raid was conducted on July 13 between 10am and 12.30pm under Ops Selera by the department's enforcement team. "The raid followed public complaints that the premises...

Johor police expose insurance fraud syndicate after brutal murder, eight arrested

JOHOR BARU: A brutal syndicate posing as insurance agents has been uncovered in Kulai, following the murder of a 38-year-old man last month to claim a life insurance payout of RM500,000. Johor police chief Comm M. Kumar said that the syndicate had orchestrated the murder to appear as a road accident, enabling them to file an...

Accountant loses RM2.2mil to investment scam

JOHOR BARU: A local accountant has been swindled out of more than RM2.2mil after falling for a fraudulent investment scheme. Johor police chief Comm M. Kumar reported that the 75-year-old man was misled by a message from an unknown source promising high returns via an investment app. "On December 19 last year, the victim was told about...

Two Singaporeans charged in JB with trafficking 58kg of MDMA

JOHOR BARU: Two Singaporean men have been charged in a Magistrate's Court here with distributing 58.6kg of MDMA in Iskandar Puteri. Tan Xiao Wei, 49, and Ee Choong Kiat, 36, only nodded in acknowledgment after the charges were read to them in Mandarin before Magistrate R. Salini on Wednesday (June 12). Tan also faced four additional charges...

Cops seize more than RM500,000 worth of fake liquor during Johor Baru factory raid

JOHOR BARU: A raid at a factory in Taman Tan Sri Yaakob near Skudai has led the Marine Police Region II to seize 383 boxes containing fake liquor. Johor police chief Comm M. Kumar said that, based on public information and a week-long surveillance, a team of marine police launched the raid at around 4.45pm on...

Family in Johor escapes house fire safely

JOHOR BARU: A family here managed to escape safely when their Taman Setia Tropika home caught fire in the early hours of Tuesday (June 4). Tebrau fire station chief Shamsul Khomari Bakar said they received a distress call about a fire at the house at around 5.39am. “We deployed 16 firemen from the Tebrau and Larkin fire...

Anwar calls on youths to enhance, uphold unity

JOHOR BARU: Having primary schools were a certain race is the majority should not be an issue, as it is a system that has been inherited from the nation's founding fathers, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Prime Minister said the matter should be approached with open heartedness and respect. ALSO READ: Preserve, nurture harmony to be passed...