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Johor cops bust drug ring using WeChat to cut deals, seize RM2.95m in narcotics

JOHOR BARU, July 2 -- Johor police have arrested five individuals linked to a drug syndicate that used the WeChat mobile messaging app to coordinate deliveries to customers. Johor police chief Datuk ... Read More


Anwar: No RON95 price hike despite global oil surge, Iran-Israel conflict

ISKANDAR PUTERI, June 19 -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the government would not raise the price of RON95 petrol following the increase in global oil prices and the ongoing conflict b... Read More


Govt to clarify expanded SST, won't burden M40 or lower-income groups, says PM Anwar

ISKANDAR PUTERI, June 19 -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the government will provide a more detailed explanation regarding the expanded Sales and Service Tax (SST), which will take eff... Read More


Johor police seek NRD's help to trace teacher Lo Kwan Fong's next-of-kin

JOHOR BARU, June 18 -- Police are seeking the assistance of the National Registration Department (NRD) to locate the next-of-kin of teacher Lo Kwan Fong, whose decomposed body was discovered at her ho... Read More


New RM380m hospital in Pasir Gudang to open in July, specialist clinics coming later

JOHOR BARU, June 16 -- Hospital Pasir Gudang (HPG) will open to the public in phases starting next month, said Johor Health and Environment Committee chairman Ling Tian Soon. He said the emergency an... Read More


Johor eyes vacant Health Ministry land in Kempas for affordable housing

JOHOR BARU, June 13 -- The Johor government plans to ask Putrajaya to return vacant federal land in Kempas to develop more affordable homes under the Johor Affordable Housing Scheme (RMMJ). Menteri B... Read More


Johor Customs foil drug syndicate's RM1m smuggling attempt via courier service

JOHOR BARU, June 12 -- The Johor Customs Department has uncovered an international drug syndicate's tactic of using courier services to smuggle narcotics from Hong Kong to Malaysia, seizing nearly RM1... Read More


From Skudai to Texas skies: UTM's Rimau-1 to represent Malaysia at global rocket competition finals

JOHOR BARU, June 1 -- A multinational team from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) has qualified for the finals of the prestigious International Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC) 2025 in Midland,... Read More


Popular preacher arrested in Johor for unlicensed religious sermon, video sparks online debate

JOHOR BARU, May 29 -- The Johor Islamic Religious Department (JAINJ) arrested Muslim preacher Ustaz Mat Esa Deraman, popularly known as Tok Ku Pasir Gudang, for delivering a religious sermon without s... Read More


Body of unidentified child found in Sungai Skudai with 'love' anklet - police urge public to help

JOHOR BARU, May 29 -- Police are probing the identity of a young girl whose body was recently found floating in Sungai Skudai here. Johor Baru North police chief Assistant Commissioner Balveer Singh ... Read More