JOHOR BARU: Johor police welcomed a new top cop following a handover ceremony held earlier on Monday (Aug 4), marking the official appointment of Comm Ab Rahaman Arsad as the state’s new police chief. Comm Ab Rahaman, 58, previously served as Bukit Aman’s Management Department (services and staffing) deputy director before taking over the helm of...
JOHOR BARU: Some 1,448 summonses were issued to motorists for various traffic-related offences during Ops Utama from Monday (May 12) to Wednesday. Johor police chief Comm Datuk M. Kumar said most offenders were served the summonses for running traffic lights and speeding. “Beating red traffic lights were the highest offences with 547 summonses issued, followed by speeding...
JOHOR BARU: Revenge could have been the motive for the shooting murder of a man in Taman Setia Indah, Johor here two months ago, police investigation shows. The murder is linked to tensions between rival secret societies, said Johor police chief Comm Datuk M. Kumar in an update of the case that took place on Jan...
WHEN it comes to crime syndicates, it is not unheard of for insurance fraud to be one of the ways for these groups to make money through illegal means. That said, it is rarer - and consequently more shocking - for such syndicates to kill unwitting people as part of their modus operandi. It was claimed recently...
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...
