2002 in Malaysia

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KLIA Ekspres on the Express Rail Link (ERL).

2002 in Malaysia is the 45th anniversary of Malaysia's independence.

Incumbents

Events

• 24 January – Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) rejoins Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.^[1]
• 23 February — Ahmad and Muhammad Rosli, Malaysian siamese twins are successfully separated at King Fahd National Guard Hospital, Saudi Arabia.^[2]
• 14 April — The Express Rail Link (ERL) Malaysia's first high speed train is launched.^[3]
• 19 April – About 14 more suspected hardcore Kumpulan Militan Malaysia (KMM) members, including a woman were arrested under the Internal Security Act (ISA) bringing to 62 the number of KMM members held since May 2001.^[4]
• 22 April — Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin is installed as 12th Yang di-Pertuan Agong^[5]
• 8 June — Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad visit Vatican City and meet Pope John Paul II for the first time.^[6]
• 22 June — Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad announced that he will resign from the office and be replaced by Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.^[7]
• 23 June — Pan Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) president, Fadzil died on after undergoing heart bypass surgery. He was succeeded as PAS President and leader of the opposition in Parliament by Abdul Hadi Awang.^[8]
• July — The Pendang MP by-elections, Barisan Nasional (BN) win in this elections.^[9]
• 8 August – Highland Towers collapse :^[10]
  • Judge, Datuk James Foong at the Kuala Lumpur High Court, Wisma Denmark, Jalan Ampang, decided on 7 out of 10 people who sued 60 residents, relatives and families of the Highland Towers tragedy as negligent.
• 21 November — The bungalow of the Affin Bank chairman General (RtD) Tan Sri Ismail Omar collapse causing landslide in Taman Hillview, Ulu Klang, Selangor. Eight people were killed.^[11]
• 4 December – Highland Towers collapse :
  • Arab-Malaysian Finance Bhd (AMFB) appealed to Court of Appeal President Tan Sri Lamin Yunus to meet with Court of Appeal Judge Datuk Mokhtar Sidin and Datuk Mohd Saari Yusoff on compensation to be paid.^[12]
  • At the Court of Appeal, three judges led by Datuk Gopal Sri Ram with Datuk Richard Malanjum and Datuk Wira Ghazali Mohd Yusoff ordered three negligent parties to pay damages is Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) 15%, engineer Wong Yuen Kean 10%, Arab-Malaysian 30%, Metrolux Sdn Bhd and MBF Property Services Sdn Bhd 20%.^[13][14]
• 18 December — Sipadan and Ligitan Islands are officially awarded to Malaysia by the International Court of Justice (ICJ)^[15]

National Day

Sports

• 24 February-9 March – 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup
• June – 2002 World's Strongest Man, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• 11-13 October – 2002 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

Deaths

• Normadiah — Malay actress
• Mahmud June — Malay actors
• Dato' Ahmad Daud — Malay actors and singers
• Dato' Rafeah Buang — Malay singers
• Fazidah Joned — Malay singers (famous songs "Selamat Hari Raya")
• Hasliza Ishak — second wife of Raja Di-Hilir Perak was murdered
• Fadzil Noor — the president of PAS political party, a member parliament for Pendang and state assemblymen for Anak Bukit, Kedah.
• Rejabhad — Famous cartoonist
• Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee — first Penang's Chief Minister

See also

• 2002
• 2001 in Malaysia | 2003 in Malaysia
• History of Malaysia
• List of Malaysian films of 2002

References