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List of events
The
Bakun Hydroelectric Dam ,
Sarawak , the largest dam in
Malaysia and
Southeast Asia .
Tanjong Pagar railway station in
Singapore owned by Malaysian
KTMB was relocated to the
Woodlands Train Checkpoint on 1 July.
Bukit Timah railway station
Woodlands Train Checkpoint , a new Malaysian
KTMB railway terminus beginning July 1.
2011 in Malaysia is the 54th anniversary of
Malaysia 's independence.
Incumbents
Federal level
State level
Events
January
Taib Mahmud and his Syrian wife
Ragad Waleed Alkurdi in 2011
February
2 February – The government decides to bring Malaysian students by air or sea out of
Egypt due to the worsening
anti-government uprising in that country.
2 February – Three
Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF)'s
C-130 Hercules leaves for
Egypt in the
Ops Piramid (Operation Pyramid) mission to bring home Malaysian students from the
trouble country .
7 February –
Ops Piramid mission successful. About 7,000 Malaysians have been evacuated from Egypt since it was started on 2 February.
14 February – The
Royal Commission of Inquiry on Teoh Beng Hock's Death begins hearing at
Kuala Lumpur Courts Complex ,
Jalan Duta .
19 February –
Protests in
Bahrain ,
Libya ,
Algeria and
Yemen . Malaysian citizens who are registered with the Malaysian embassies in
Algiers ,
Algeria ,
Manama ,
Bahrain ,
Tripoli ,
Libya and
Sanaa ,
Yemen are all reported safe and none of them are involved in the riots.
22 February – Prime Minister
Najib Razak visits
Turkey for the first time and meets its prime minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan .
27 February – More than 109 protesters of the
HINDRAF (
Hindu Rights Action Force ) members were arrested by police for allegedly taking part in an illegal demonstration to protest the novel
Interlok in
Kuala Lumpur .
March
2 March –
Malaysian Prime Minister
Najib Razak visits
Australia for the first time and meets with
Australian Prime Minister
Julia Gillard .
6 March –
Merlimau and
Kerdau by-elections.
Barisan Nasional (BN) win in both by-elections. In
Merlimau ,
Malacca . BN candidate,
Roslan Ahmad wins with a majority of 3,643 votes beating
PAS candidate
Yuhaizad Abdullah . In
Kerdau ,
Pahang . BN candidate,
Syed Ibrahim Syed Ahmad wins with a majority of 2,724 votes beating PAS candidate,
Hassanuddin Salim .
11–12 March – Following the
Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami with the subsequent of
Fukushima nuclear fallout ,
Malaysian citizens who are registered with the Malaysian embassy in
Tokyo are all reported safe. Malaysia sends a 15-members of
search and rescue team (SMART) , with medical officers and 6 tracker dogs, to tsunami-hit Japan.
13 March – World's no.1 badminton player,
Lee Chong Wei wins
All England titles for the second time beating
China 's
Lin Dan in the finals at
Birmingham ,
England .
13 March – A Malaysian animated series,
BoBoiBoy , was premiered on
TV3 .
20 March – An 11-year-old boy,
Muhammad Naquiddin was electrocuted to death when he touched a lamppost at a playground at
Batu Tiga ,
Selangor .
21 March – Five silat masters were killed when the van there were travelling in skidded and rammed into a tree at
Pendang ,
Kedah .
21 March –
Tengku Ampuan Bariah of
Terengganu (1979–1998), the mother of the
Yang di-Pertuan Agong ,
Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin died at Seri Kota Medical Centre in
Klang ,
Selangor . Her body was flown back to
Terengganu and was laid to rest at the Royal Mausoleum near
Al-Muktafi Billah Shah Mosque ,
Kuala Terengganu . Terengganu declares a 40 days of mourning period.
28 March – Several parts of East Coast
Peninsula Malaysia including
Terengganu was hit by
flash floods .
April
2 April – The
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) arrested 62
Royal Malaysian Customs officers of various ranks and posts under the 3b operation for alleged involvement in corruption, money laundering and other offences.
6 April – A
Royal Malaysian Customs
Selangor state assistant director,
Ahmad Sarbani Mohamed , 56 was found dead on the first floor of the
Federal Territory
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office in
Jalan Cochrane ,
Kuala Lumpur .
6 April – The remains of national hero
Mohammed Abdul Lalil @ Jalil , who was killed in a plane crash at
Gua Musang ,
Kelantan during the
Malayan Emergency on 25 August 1950 was brought back to
Muar ,
Johor and was buried in Bukit Treh Muslim Cemetery.
11 April – A pilot was killed in a helicopter crash in
Sibu ,
Sarawak .
16 April – Reopening of the
Puduraya bus terminal in
Kuala Lumpur .
16 April –
Sarawak state election, 2011 .
Barisan Nasional (BN) retains its two-thirds majority in the 71-seat state assembly.
Abdul Taib Mahmud sworn in as Chief Minister of Sarawak.
20 April –
Canadian teen singer,
Justin Bieber performs his concert in
Malaysia for the first time at
Stadium Merdeka ,
Kuala Lumpur .
27 April – Chinese Premier,
Wen Jiabao visits Malaysia for the second time and attend the Malaysia-China Economic, Trade and Investment Forum in Kuala Lumpur.
27 April – Ten Malaysians are arrested at the
Auckland International Airport in
New Zealand for trying to smuggle in methamphetamine worth NZ$10mil (RM24mil) in their shoes.
29 April –
Datuk Shazryl Eskay Abdullah performed the sumpah laknat (
oath-cum-curse ) oath at
Amru Al-As Mosque in
Bandar Baru Sentul ,
Kuala Lumpur by swearing in God's name that the Opposition Leader,
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is the man featured in the sex video on February 21, 2011 that was recently shown to journalists.
May
June
4 June – Malaysian football coach,
K. Rajagopal and the late goalkeeper,
R. Arumugam aka "Spiderman" were awarded Panglima Jasa Negara (PJN) which carried title "Datuk" by
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
5 June –
Najib Tun Razak visits
Kazakhstan for the first time and meets its president
Nursultan Nazarbayev in the capital
Astana .
10 June – The
Sungai Johor Bridge on the
Senai–Desaru Expressway ,
Johor , the longest river bridge in
Malaysia is opened for public for the first time.
22 June – The
Kedai Rakyat 1Malaysia (KR1M) convenience store is unveiled by the Prime Minister,
Najib Tun Razak .
23 June – A 124-page report by the
Royal Commission of Inquiry on Teoh Beng Hock's Death is presented to the
Yang di-Pertuan Agong ,
Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin at
Istana Terengganu ,
Kuala Lumpur .
24 June –
AirAsia places the largest single order in commercial aviation history, purchasing 200
Airbus A320neo jetliners.
25 June – A family of three, including a baby boy, died in an early morning fire at
Heng Guan Garden ,
Matang ,
Kuching ,
Sarawak .
26 June – Police arrest 31 members of the
Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) including
Sungai Siput Member of Parliament
Dr Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj in
Penang in relation to the
July 9 Bersih 2.0 rally .
28 June – The
Perdana Lake Gardens (
Taman Tasik Perdana ) is renamed
Perdana Botanical Gardens (
Taman Botanik Perdana ) .
July
Protesters marching the streets of Kuala Lumpur during the illegal
Bersih 2.0 rally on July 9.
1 July – The
Malaysia 's
Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) train service between
Woodlands ,
Bukit Timah and the
Tanjong Pagar railway station ,
Singapore ceased all operations. The KTMB's
Tanjong Pagar railway station was relocated to the new terminus at the
Woodlands Train Checkpoint (WTCP).
2 July – Home Minister,
Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Tun Hussein declares that the
Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (
Bersih 2.0 ) is an unlawful organisation.
4 July – The
1Malaysia People Housing Scheme (PR1MA) is launched by the Prime Minister,
Najib Tun Razak .
4 July – The
Yang di-Pertuan Agong ,
Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin issues a special statement on
Bersih 2.0 rally saying that street demonstrations will bring more bad than good to the country.
5 July – The
July 9 Bersih 2.0 street rally in Kuala Lumpur has been called off. The rally will be held in stadium.
7 July – The
kindergarten hostage crisis took place in
Sungai Abong ,
Muar ,
Johor . About 30 kindergarten children and four teachers of the
Serikids Kindergarten were saved and the hammer-wielding man who held 30 children and four teachers hostage at a kindergarten was injured in his head and later he died at the
Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital .
8 July – About 91 individuals involved in planning the three separate Bersih 2.0 rallies on 9 July have been barred from the
Kuala Lumpur business district on that day. Among those barred from entering the business district are Bersih 2.0 steering committee chairman
Ambiga Sreenevasan ,
UMNO Youth chief
Khairy Jamaluddin and
Perkasa chief
Datuk Ibrahim Ali . Others include
DAP adviser
Lim Kit Siang , PKR leader
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim , PKR vice-president and Batu MP
Tian Chua , UMNO Youth secretary
Datuk Megat Firdouz Megat Junid and
Putera 1Malaysia Club president
Datuk Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim .
8 July – The
Klang Valley 's
MY Rapid Transit (MRT) project is officially launched by the Prime Minister,
Najib Tun Razak . Construction of the
Sungai Buloh–Kajang line , part of the Klang Vally's MRT system has now begun.
9 July – The illegal
Bersih 2.0 rally take place in Kuala Lumpur. Police fired teargas and water cannon to the protestors at all major hot spots in the city such as
Central Market ,
Menara Maybank ,
Puduraya and
KLCC . Police arrest more than 1,600 people including committee chairman
Ambiga Sreenevasan ,
UMNO Youth chief
Khairy Jamaluddin and
Perkasa chief
Datuk Ibrahim Ali . Others include
DAP adviser
Lim Kit Siang , PKR leader
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim , PKR vice-president and Batu MP
Tian Chua , UMNO Youth secretary
Datuk Megat Firdouz Megat Junid and
Putera 1Malaysia Club president
Datuk Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim . Later that night, all 1,600 people were released.
11 July –
Najib Tun Razak visits
Turkmenistan for the first time and meets its president
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov in the capital
Ashgabat .
14 July –
Najib Tun Razak meets
British Prime Minister ,
David Cameron at No. 10
Downing Street ,
London .
18 July –
Najib Tun Razak meets
Pope Benedict XVI in
Vatican City for the first time. The
diplomatic relations between Malaysia and
Holy See were established.
26 July – The remains of 21
Iban trackers and
Sarawak Rangers who fell during
Malayan Emergency were brought back from Kuala Lumpur to
Sarawak and reburied in Heroes Cemetery in
Kuching .
31 July –
Sungai Siput Member of Parliament
Dr Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj and 5 others detained under the
Emergency Ordinance just before the
Bersih 2.0 rally on July 9 have been released.
August
15 August – Perak Veterinary Services Department deputy director
Dr Rohani Kassim was found death in
Tambun near
Ipoh .
6 August – Opening of the
Bakun Hydroelectric Dam , the largest dam in
Malaysia and
Southeast Asia .
7 August – Seven people, including a family of three, died in a landslide in Kampung Sungai Ruil near
Brinchang in
Cameron Highlands ,
Pahang .
18 August – Businessman and entrepreneur,
Tony Fernandes completed his takeover of
Premier League club
Queens Park Rangers after buying out
Formula One boss
Bernie Ecclestone and former Renault F1 team principal
Flavio Briatore .
Fernandes , who runs budget airline
Air Asia and the
Team Lotus Formula One team, bought a 66 percent stake in the London club through his company, the
Tune Group .
21 August – PAS deputy president,
Mohamad Sabu or
Mat Sabu delivered a controversial statement by saying that it was
Muhammad Indera or
Mat Indera and the 200
Malayan Communist Party (PKM) terrorist soldiers during the 1950
Bukit Kepong Incident who deserved to be claimed as "national heroes" and not the
police officers who fought to their deaths defending the Bukit Kepong police station, claiming that all police officers during the massacre as the "British officers" and the PKM soldiers are "true national heroes" as they "fought the British".
24 August – The
1Malaysia People's Welfare Programme (KAR1SMA) is unveiled by the Prime Minister,
Najib Tun Razak .
27 August – The
Puduraya bus terminal was renamed as
Pudu Sentral and it was officially opened by the Prime Minister,
Najib Tun Razak .
31 August –
Singapore government handed back its
water treatment plants in
Mount Pulai and
Skudai and
pump houses at
Pontian and
Tebrau to
Johor state government ending the
1961 Water Agreement between
Malaysia and
Singapore .
September
2 September –
Bernama TV cameraman
Noramfaizul Mohd Nor 39, was killed, while a TV3 cameraman
Aji Saregar Mazlan was injured after the Malaysian media team's four wheel drive vehicle was hit by stray bullet in an attack by rebel forces in
Mogadishu ,
Somalia during the humanitarian mission in the country led by
Putera 1Malaysia Club (KP1M). Noramfaizul was given as a true nation's hero by the government.
3 September –
Google started to collaborate with
Tourism Malaysia to record
Malaysian locations to be featured on its
Google Map Street View .
8 September – Effective 15 September, prepaid mobile users need to pay a six per cent (6%) service tax on mobile prepaid services.
12 September – The six per cent (6%) service tax on mobile prepaid services is on hold.
13 September – Construction of the new
Pandaruan Bridge of the
Malaysia –
Brunei border has now begun.
15 September –
Najib Tun Razak announced the abolition of the
Internal Security Act 1960 (ISA) and the three Emergency Declarations (
Banishment Act (1959) and
Emergency Ordinance ) and their replacement by two new laws. The new laws will be enacted to protect the peace, harmony and security of the country.
17 September – Four Malaysians were killed in the bomb attacks in
Sungai Golok ,
Thailand , a town near the border with Malaysia.
20 September – PAS deputy president,
Mohamad Sabu or
Mat Sabu was charged in court in relation to his speech about
Muhammad Indera or
Mat Indera during the 1950
Bukit Kepong Incident .
24 September – An
Iban hero during Insurgency,
Kanang anak Langkau was conferred the Panglima Gemilang Bintang Kenyalang (P.G.B.K.) (English: Commander of the Order of the Hornbill Sarawak), with the title of 'Datuk' from the
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak,
Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin .
28 September – Two security guards and a couple suffered minor injuries when a gas leak caused a massive explosion at the
Empire Shopping Gallery in
Subang Jaya ,
Selangor .
October
Final moments: Italian
Motogp rider,
Marco Simoncelli , with a towel on his head, on the grid at the
2011 Malaysian Grand Prix , his incomplete final race.
4 October – The
Dewan Rakyat session move to the multipurpose hall near the
Parliament House as a temporary assembly.
4 October – A tower crane fell onto three residential houses in
Georgetown ,
Penang
5 October – All 125 people detained under the
Restricted Residence Act has now freed as now part of move to repeal the act.
7 October – The Budget 2012 is held at the multipurpose hall near the
Parliament House .
8 October –
Bernama TV cameraman
Noramfaizul Mohd Nor 39, who was killed in an attack in
Mogadishu ,
Somalia received the posthumous award of Bintang Gagah Perkasa (B.G.P) from the
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Melaka,
Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob .
21 October – A man suffered light injuries when the front of his car was hit by a landslide at Km 13.9 of the
Genting Sempah–Genting Highlands Highway near
Genting Highlands ,
Pahang .
22 October – About 5,000 people gathered for the "Himpun Sejuta Umat" (Himpun) rally at the
Shah Alam Stadium ,
Shah Alam ,
Selangor .
23 October – Italian
MotoGP rider,
Marco Simoncelli was killed in a horrific crash on the second lap during
2011 Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix at
Sepang International Circuit ,
Selangor . His death is the first tragedy in the history of the
Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix and the first to have happened in a race at this circuit.
29 October – A Malaysian tanker MV Nautica Johor Baru with 11 Malaysian and eight Indonesian crew members on board was rescued from hijackers on morning after they were attacked by a group of 10 foreign men armed with a pistol and parang.
31 October – Nine people, including a pregnant woman, were injured when a
Sabah State Railway passenger train crashed into an oil tanker at a level crossing in
Jalan Kota Kinabalu–Petagas near the
Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA),
Kota Kinabalu ,
Sabah .
November
The new
Istana Negara at
Jalan Duta ,
Kuala Lumpur .
December
National Day and Malaysia Day
1Malaysia; Transformasi Berjaya, Rakyat Sejahtera (1Malaysia; Transformation Successful, People Prosperous)
National Day parade
Not held
Malaysia Day celebrations
Dataran Merdeka ,
Kuala Lumpur
Sports
Deaths
See also
Malaysia was only formed on September 16, 1963. Prior to that date, Peninsular Malaysia was known as Malaya, Sarawak under Crown Colony of Sarawak and Kingdom of Sarawak and Sabah under North Borneo.
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