JOHOR BAHRU, July 14 — The police rescued a 15-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl, believed to have been sexually abused and forced to work as members of an online sex fraud and extortion syndicate, during an operation dubbed Op Bugil carried out here and in Kulai from June 20 to July 1.

JOHOR BAHRU, Dec 18 — A private orphanage in Kulai, near here, that went viral after its chairman was allegedly involved in rape and abuse cases involving the residents, has been ordered to temporarily close.

JOHOR BAHRU, June 6 — The police have arrested nine men believed to be involved in the abduction of a woman in Kulai last month.

KULAI, Jan 3 — A motorcyclist was killed after he was hit by a lorry believed to have been driven by an intoxicated man in Jalan Parit Panjang in Kulai here yesterday.

JOHOR BAHRU, Jan 25 — Jalan Kulai-Kota Tinggi (FT094) heading towards Felda Ulu Tebrau has been closed to all vehicles following a landslide at Jalan Sungai Tiram-Ulu Tebrau (J08), in Kulai, today.

KULAI, May 23 — An eatery assistant who was recorded on CCTV throwing a decorative statue into a dustbin was fined RM2,500, in default three months’ jail, by the Magistrate’s Court here today.

JOHOR BAHRU, Jan 2 — Four districts in Johor were affected by flooding as of 4pm today with a total of 1,000 victims from 274 families placed at 14 temporary evacuation centres (PPS).