Bro Yonglip, 13 years ago, i went to JB almost every weekend, staying at the Pan Pacific and other hotels. We travelled by cab in and walked around and explored. It was only after a very bad incident where crime happened to a relative and then we received "executive" orders from the top not to go to JB again that we stopped completely. I completely sworn off JB for almost 10 years before coming back and even coming back, was only mostly through 2nd link though i did go to the malls there for shopping 9-10 times.
I still try not to visit that area because of the congestion.