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Johor Baru authorities have brought 159 Chinese nationals before three magistrate's courts, charging them with criminal conspiracy related to an elaborate cryptocurrency fraud scheme that victimised local residents two weeks prior.
Authorities have dismantled a sprawling fraud network operating from Forest City in Johor Baru, resulting in 335 arrests. The operation involved cryptocurrency investment schemes and romance scams targeting overseas victims.
A factory operator died in a four-vehicle crash in Johor Baru after being ejected from a van and crushed beneath it. The incident occurred on Jalan Permas Utara with a father and three children present at the scene.
A 48-year-old man has been arrested in Johor Baru on suspicion of illegally entering a residential property in Kampung Melayu Majidee. Police completed the apprehension in just 20 minutes.
Johor Baru police have arrested twelve men, including one teenager, following a brawl that erupted during a World Cup final live screening at a restaurant in Taman Daya early today.
A 19-year-old Rohingya woman appeared in Johor Baru magistrate's court charged with murdering her newborn baby, allegedly by throwing the infant from a hotel window.
Police in Johor Baru arrested three foreigners and seized nearly RM770,000 worth of contraband cigarettes during a raid in the Taman Daya neighbourhood as part of ongoing enforcement efforts.