LABIS: Historians believe that Labis, the name of the second largest town in the Segamat district of Johor, was derived from a Malay word labi-labi or river terrapin.
Labis started with the combination of a few Malay villages including Kampung Paya Merah, Kampung Tenang and Kampung Sungai Gatom.
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