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Betty Benafee and brother apologise in Johor Bahru High Court
Singer Betty Benafee and her brother Shakib Abu Bakar Banafee made a public apology at the Johor Bahru High Court after being found in contempt of an injunction over statements about a Johor shipping company. They must post the apology on Betty's social media within seven days and keep it up for a month.
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Chief Justice: Two years in remand before trial is unfair
Chief Justice Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh said it is unfair for an accused person to wait more than two years in remand before trial, and that criminal cases worry him most because they involve a person's liberty. He said the government has agreed to set up a Judicial Academy for continuous training of superior court judges, speaking at a Johor Baru dinner.
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Indonesian man jailed a month for dropping cigarette butt in Stulang
An Indonesian general worker became the first person in Malaysia jailed for littering a cigarette butt under the Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Act 2007. He failed to pay a RM1,000 fine and was sentenced to a month from Aug 28, followed by six hours of community service. The offence took place around Stulang, Johor, in February.
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Woodlands residents douse corridor fire with hose and pails before SCDF arrives
A shoe rack in the eighth-floor common corridor of an HDB block in Admiralty Grove, Woodlands, caught fire on Sept 14. Neighbours used a home fire extinguisher, the communal hose and water pails to put out the flames before firefighters arrived, and no injuries were reported. The cause is under investigation.
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Couple jailed for smuggling puppies from Malaysia to sell in Singapore
A couple has been jailed and fined in Singapore for keeping and selling puppies without a licence after smuggling them in from Malaysia. ICA officers found two Pomeranian puppies hidden in a friend's vehicle at Woodlands Checkpoint. The wife received 19 weeks and 3 days' jail plus a $5,000 fine, and her husband the same sentence.
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Woman jailed 19 weeks, fined S$5,000 over illegal puppy sales
A 28-year-old woman was sentenced to 19 weeks and three days' jail and fined S$5,000 for keeping illegally imported puppies in captivity for sale, in Singapore's first such case. She and her husband smuggled puppies from Malaysia and sold 21 of them for about S$21,000 between October and December 2023.
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26 litterers, 14 of them foreigners, ordered to clean Johor public spaces
Twenty-six people convicted of littering, 25 of them for cigarette butts, were ordered to perform community service at five locations across Johor. SWCorp said 3,095 littering notices have been issued in the state since Aug 1, with 107 cases concluded in court and RM71,550 in fines.
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Nine Rohingya family members found living on pavement in Bandar Baru Uda
Nine Rohingya family members, including a baby, were found living on the pavement of an office building at Jalan Padi 1, Bandar Baru Uda, Johor Bahru. Their presence over the past week has disturbed the public, and a netizen urged the Johor Immigration Department to act firmly. This follows a report on 24 August of a Rohingya family living rough around Larkin.
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Woman who set fire to Sembawang HDB doorway after breakup jailed five to six months
A 46-year-old woman set fire to the doorway of a 10th-floor HDB unit in Sembawang on June 30 after hallucinating that she was trapped following a breakup with her boyfriend. The fire damaged her ex-boyfriend's unit and a neighbour's windows, forced about 30 residents to evacuate, and caused over $10,000 in repairs. She pleaded guilty to intentional arson and was sentenced to five to six months' imprisonment.
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Police: bomb threat at Mid Valley Southkey in Johor Bahru was a hoax
Johor police have confirmed that a bomb threat emailed against a business premises at The Mall, Mid Valley Southkey in Johor Bahru was false. Bomb disposal units swept the interior and exterior, examined several suspicious objects and found no explosive material, declaring the area safe. Police also recalled a similar hoax email in July about Centrepoint South Tower at Mid Valley City in Kuala Lumpur.
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Police hunt driver who fled after Marsiling Road self-skid accident
A car self-skidded along Marsiling Road towards Marsiling Drive in the early hours of Sep. 11. The driver left before police arrived, and efforts to trace the driver are ongoing.
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Mujahid ready to assist MACC probe into Tabung Haji RCI findings
Mujahid Yusof Rawa said he is ready to assist the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's investigation into the Tabung Haji RCI findings, but has yet to receive any official notice. He said nearly half of the 14 cases referred for action were already known when he led the ministry in 2018. The #Stand4RCITH information programme was held in Johor Baru to explain the RCI findings to the public.
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S'pore woman alleges masseur at JB spa touched her inappropriately
A Singaporean woman claims she was inappropriately touched by a masseur during a 90-minute massage at a spa in Johor Bahru on June 27, 2026. The masseur allegedly made inappropriate remarks, asked personal questions, and requested to exchange contact details on WeChat. The same spa had previously drawn attention after a Singaporean family complained about a man opening their private room doors.
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Fitness influencer charged with RM31,900 criminal breach of trust, RM4,000 bail
Fitness influencer Muhammad Azri Abdul Rahim, 31, pleaded not guilty in the Johor Bahru Sessions Court to a charge of criminal breach of trust over RM31,900 belonging to a former flight attendant. The alleged offence took place at Jalan Nusaria, Taman Nusantara, Gelang Patah, Iskandar Puteri between 25 January and 7 March 2025. The court granted RM4,000 bail with one surety and set 7 October for mention.
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Johor Bahru court orders developer to pay RM10.57mil to 84 Princess Cove buyers
The Johor Bahru High Court has ordered R&F Development Sdn Bhd to pay about RM10.57 million in compensation to 84 owners of Princess Cove condominium units over late delivery of their homes. Judge Wong Mee Ling ruled that amendments to the sale and purchase agreements made by the developer without buyers' consent were invalid, and dismissed claims by 39 other plaintiffs who signed their agreements after the building plans were amended.