Yong Peng is a town in Mukim Tanjung Semberong, Batu Pahat District, Johor, Malaysia.

In fact, in 1800, there were only five Malay houses standing on the banks of Sungai Bekok and on Bukit Jambu (once sited the Bee Seng Sawmill and now the Yong Peng District Council).

In November 1847, four Chinese immigrants from Chaozhou led by Boo Koh Lak Loo (better known as Ah Loh) came to Sri Bertam by boat after paddling up Sungai Bekok.

When this small settlement prospered and progressed, Boo named the place Yong Peng or Everlasting Peace in Chinese.

Local produce such as pepper and gambir were transported by boat to Batu Pahat and some to as far as Singapore; the whole journey taking about 16 days.

In 1950, in order to contain the communist insurgency, the British instituted as part of the Briggs Plan the policy of forced relocation of large number of people and moved them into specially created settlements called "New Villages".

In Yong Peng, a few thousand squatters who were living and cultivating along isolated jungle fringes were thus resettled in the new village.

Then in the mid-1970s, the town was again affected by gang fights among rival gangster groups which usually took place at night outside the only cinema in Yong Peng at Jalan Templer.

Peace was again restored when ASP Mokhtaruddin Yunus, dubbed by the locals as "Justice Pao" was sent to Yong Peng.

Within weeks, he was able to maintain law and order and until today many locals still remember him fondly as a strict and incorruptible policeman who came to save Yong Peng.

[3] On July 27, 2022, at 12:39 PM, a faulty appliance at the north main entry substation triggered a power failure that affected much of the northern parts of Peninsular Malaysia.

It was established on 1 September 1979 through the merger of the local councils (Malay: Majlis Tempatan) of:[6] Yong Peng has its own constituency in the Johor State Legislative Assembly, currently held by Ling Tian Soon from the Malaysian Chinese Association.

It has students from all the three primary schools in Yong Peng and also from the surrounding areas such as Lam Lee, Kangkar Baru, Parit Yanni and even as far as Sri Medan.

The Rendang, Kari Ekor (Ox Tail Soup) and Roti Canai are all wonderful additions to the local cuisine.

Yong Peng has two main interchanges on North–South Expressway including north to Kuala Lumpur and south to Johor Bahru.