Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Suria Jaya in Batu Pahat, Johor, is expected to commence operations in September. The school will open after receiving its partial occupation certificate, as announced by the Ministry of Education.
A weak 3.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the waters of Johor, Malaysia, near Batu Pahat, with tremors possibly felt in the area. MetMalaysia confirmed the seismic event.
An MCA office located in Jalan Nipah, Lorong 3, Yong Peng, Batu Pahat, Malaysia, was 80 percent destroyed in an evening fire. An investigation into the incident is currently underway.
The Johor state government will establish a special task force to address school safety following the death of a Year Two pupil who was killed by a van in Batu Pahat.
A 71-year-old man and a 43-year-old Indonesian single mother in Batu Pahat, Malaysia, were each fined RM3,000 for confining Indonesian migrants and withholding their passports.
A delivery worker in Batu Pahat, Malaysia, was sentenced to six months in jail by the Magistrates' Court for punching his wife in the face and head during an argument about rent arrears.
An eight-year-old girl was tragically killed after being hit by a van in front of Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Mutiara in Batu Pahat, Malaysia, leaving her grandfather heartbroken.
A 39-year-old lorry driver in Batu Pahat pleaded not guilty to charges of slapping, punching, and kicking his wife for leaving home without permission.