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Banana bandit busted: 70kg fruit theft lands Johor man in custody

KLUANG, Aug. 15 -- A 36-year-old unemployed man was arrested by police for allegedly stealing 70 kilogrammes of bananas from a plantation in Kampung Sungai Besoi, Layang Layang, last night. Kluang po... Read More


RM1,000 hit job: Segamat fire death linked to Singapore debt scam, say Johor police

JOHOR BAHRU, Aug. 13 -- The death of a 72-year-old woman in a fire at Kampung Bukit Siput in Segamat on July 25 is believed to be linked to debts owed by her family to a Singapore-based debt scam synd... Read More


UTM Palapes cadet's death: Johor police await autopsy findings before wrapping probe

JOHOR BAHRU, Aug. 13 -- Police are awaiting the chemistry department's report from Kota Tinggi Hospital on the autopsy findings in the death of a Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Reserve Officers' ... Read More


Malaysia to add four gamma water radiation monitors in key islands, Bintulu by year-end

JOHOR BAHRU, Aug. 11 -- The government plans to add four additional Gamma Spectrum Water Monitoring Stations (GSWMS) in Langkawi, Pulau Tioman, Pulau Perhentian and Bintulu by this year. Science, Tec... Read More


Johor first state in country to start sustainable wastewater programme for industrial use

JOHOR BAHRU, Aug. 11 -- Johor is the first state in the country to launch a sustainable wastewater programme for industrial use, targeted as a cooling agent for the state's growing data centre industr... Read More


Comparing women leaders to cows? Do better or lawyer up, Azalina tells politicians

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 7 -- Politicians who compare women to animals or use religion in such comparisons may be breaking the law, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Re... Read More


Johor woman allegedly micro-sleeps while driving, crashes into motorcycle and drags rider, pillion

ISKANDAR PUTERI, Aug. 6 -- A woman is believed to have fallen into micro-sleep while driving, causing her car to crash into a motorcycle and drag its rider and pillion along the Nusajaya Expressway ye... Read More


Kota Tinggi police to conduct in-depth probe into UTM Palapes cadet's death

JOHOR BARU, Aug. 1 -- Police will conduct a thorough investigation into the death of a 22-year-old Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Reserve Officer Training Unit (Palapes) cadet, who died at the Ko... Read More


Police smash international drug syndicate spanning KL to Johor, with RM2.7m in drugs and assets seized

MUAR, Aug. 1 -- Police have crippled an international drug trafficking syndicate operating a nationwide network and smuggling drugs via sea routes after arresting 10 suspects and seizing around RM2.7 ... Read More


Johor MB floats RTS2 rail link between Iskandar Puteri and Tuas in talks with Singapore PM

JOHOR BAHRU, July 31 -- The Johor government has proposed the construction of a second Rapid Transit System (RTS2) link connecting Iskandar Puteri in Johor and Tuas in Singapore to further strengthen ... Read More