KSL City shopping mall in JB

[Shibadog]

Ya read online abt the monday nite pasar malam haha its ok. I find city sq got more shops compared to Ksl haha

 

Tmr go try tabao the soon soon heng bah kut teh!!!

 

 

can try the roast duck  and roast meats (you kee XO) at the open air foyer of KSL. Soup there also not bad.

 

 

which soon soon heng BKT? facing the KSL KFC? I tried once... not that great but it is popular (which I think is due to the location).

I prefer the Soon Soon Huat BKT at jalan sutera, same block as the ah khoong.

[AndrewLee72]

Oh.. Theres 2 BKT stalls here ?

 

I should be going to the nearest one bah haha

[Hamburger]

can try the roast duck  and roast meats (you kee XO) at the open air foyer of KSL. Soup there also not bad.

 

 

which soon soon heng BKT? facing the KSL KFC? I tried once... not that great but it is popular (which I think is due to the location).

I prefer the Soon Soon Huat BKT at jalan sutera, same block as the ah khoong.

 

indeed BKT is ok but overly expensive for that kind of kopi thiam setting.

 

As for roast duck, i would go for the 龙华 next to it. They have been roasting while i was  first there  at more than 30yrs ago.

 

The XO duck is not comparable to it.

[Shibadog]

indeed BKT is ok but overly expensive for that kind of kopi thiam setting.

 

As for roast duck, i would go for the 龙华 next to it. They have been roasting while i was  first there  at more than 30yrs ago.

 

The XO duck is not comparable to it.

 

 

long hua? is that the one across the road (same row as the bkt?) saw Eastern Dragon many times but never ventured. Now that u recommend it, i'll check it out.

[Thaiyotakamli]

Ya read online abt the monday nite pasar malam haha its ok. I find city sq got more shops compared to Ksl haha

 

Tmr go try tabao the soon soon heng bah kut teh!!!

City square more like for international brand

 

Ksl more like those local brands lol

Edited June 13, 2018 by Thaiyotakamli

[Matrix0405]

Any nice (cheap & good) hotel near (walking) CIQ/City Sq/Komtar? 

[Sktan10]

Any nice (cheap & good) hotel near (walking) CIQ/City Sq/Komtar? 

Take their public bus just below CIQ to JB biggest mall,Paradigm mall.

Bus fare $2 ringgit per head and 20 minutes journey.

[Dleodleo]

Any nice (cheap & good) hotel near (walking) CIQ/City Sq/Komtar?

Amari is good.

 

I heard that bello hotel is good - budget hotel.

[Dafansu]

Any nice (cheap & good) hotel near (walking) CIQ/City Sq/Komtar? 

 

Amari, just across the street and it's new. 

[13177]

Take their public bus just below CIQ to JB biggest mall,Paradigm mall.

Bus fare $2 ringgit per head and 20 minutes journey.

How you know take which bus?

[Sktan10]

How you know take which bus?

The bus beside the door entry got a board showing where it goes.

Or can ask the driver or the ticket inspector.

[Matrix0405]

Thanks for the Amari recommendation. 

Other than movie, eat and laser tag, any other activities at/around city sq/kmotar ? 

[YorYor]

I've stayed in Baguss City Inn that's across the road from Komtar JBCC. Not bad, but it's a budget hotel, very accessible except for the crossing of that busy road.

[YorYor]

Forgot to add, only thing is the entry slope up the carpark is quite steep. And very cramped parking. But good thing is that it's guarded.

[Surpize]

find Doubletree slight better in term of upkeep. can consider that too.

[AndrewLee72]

Anyone tried the KSL inside carpark carwash? Good? Price like?

[Windwaver]

https://mothership.sg/2023/01/ksl-massage-hidden-camera/

S'porean woman, 39, finds CCTV camera in KSL massage parlour room, makes police report

"I hope Singaporeans will be more careful when going for massage in JB."

Many people in Singapore flock to Johor Bahru to get a massage amongst other things.

Unfortunately, one Singaporean's massage session ended unexpectedly after she discovered a CCTV camera in the corner of her booth at a massage parlour at the popular KSL City Mall.

Blinking red lights

Lina (not her real name) told Mothership that she, her husband and her father-in-law had all booked a foot and oil body massage at the massage parlour on Jun. 16, 2022.

The newly opened massage parlour was located on the lower ground floor of KSL City Mall, which is frequented by Singaporeans.

It was 6:30pm and the trio had just completed their hour-long foot massage.

They were ushered into their respective private rooms, and were told to remove their clothes as massage oil will be used for the latter half of their session.

Lina, who had stripped down to her underwear, was hanging up her clothes when she noticed a set of blinking red lights.

Concealed by a curtain

Much to her horror, those lights were from a nondescript closed circuit television (CCTV) camera.

Lina said the camera was easy to miss because it was concealed by a curtain and located in a corner high up on the ceiling.

"The CCTV was hung next to the curtain hence making it less visible. Customers entering the room will not be able to see the CCTV unless he/ she flips the curtain," she said.

Aghast, Lina frantically covered herself up with the nearest available item and called for her husband, who dashed into the room.

Management team allegedly changed tunes

Upon learning about the CCTV camera, Lina's husband confronted the parlour's management team, but they denied having any knowledge about the CCTV camera in the room.

The team later changed tunes and claimed that the CCTV was not working, according to Lina.

"My husband and I were confused. First, they claimed they are not aware of the presence of the CCTV. Second, they claimed, the CCTV was not functioning," she said.

"How do they know the CCTV is not working if they are not aware there is a CCTV in the first place? If the CCTV is not functioning, why is there flashing red light?"

Lina's husband remembered seeing a monitor playing CCTV footage at the parlour's payment counter and requested to see the monitor, but the management team refused.

Camera was recording live

Sensing that something was amiss, he went to the counter and saw that the CCTV camera in Lina's room was recording, unlike the management team's claims.

Lina said: "CCTV footage shows all movements in the massage room."

Left with no other choice, the management team decided to come clean, begging Lina and her husband to not file a police report and promising them that they would delete the footage so that it will not be circulated.

Lina warned them against doing so as it would tamper with the evidence.

The couple then called the police in Johor Bahru, who went down to the massage parlour, inspected the premises and spoke with the management team.

The couple then lodged a report at the Larkin Police Station.

Hard disk allegedly scrubbed clean

At the station, Lina was told by the police that they have received the hard disk from the massage parlour's manager, who claimed it had been scrubbed clean.

Considering that the footage has been deleted, the investigation officer asked Lina if she would still like to pursue the matter.

Lina, who was worried that the hard disk was a decoy and that more copies of the CCTV recording could be floating around, told the investigating officer that she wanted this case to be investigated.

She also lodged a police report almost immediately after she arrived back in Singapore on Jan. 17 morning.

Left traumatised and with no closure

After the incident, Lina said she made repeated attempts to reach the investigation officer at Larkin Police Station to follow up, and even sought legal advice, but to no avail.

Lina would call Larkin Police Station, only for the line to strangely cut off every time she requested to speak with the investigating officer.

She said: "I do not know if the Larkin Police Station made any further investigation on this case. I've been trying to contact the IO to [find out] the status of their investigation but I can't get through to her. I feel helpless."

Six months have elapsed since the incident in June 2022, but Lina has not been provided with any closure to the incident that has left her traumatised.

While she is worried of the legal repercussions that may arise through sharing her experience, she hopes that it will serve as both a warning to other travellers and a reminder for them to be more vigilant when getting a massage in Johor Bahru.

"I’m not sure how many customers have been recorded secretly before me. I hope Singaporeans will be more careful when going for massage in JB."

Parlour's response

Separately, the parlour's manager spoke to Chinese media Shin Min Daily News on Jan. 19, saying he was equally as surprised as Lina to realise that there were CCTV cameras on the premises back then.

The manager claimed that his team was also not very familiar with the parlour during the incident as it took place less than a month after the shop was opened on Jun. 1, 2022.

He said he had explained this to Lina and apologised to her, but was met with rejection.

After the incident, the manager said he found out that the CCTV system was left behind by the previous owner of the property, adding that a hidden camera was only found in Lina's room out of the 10 rooms at the massage parlour.

However, the massage parlour has replaced all of the CCTV cameras since the incident.

The manager told Shin Min that he has similarly filed a police report on the matter and the hard disk remains in the police's possession.

He claimed that no one has seen the footage within the hard disk.

[AndrewLee72]

Oh yes. The popular brand. Dahua cctv !!!