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2005 in Malaysia is the 48th anniversary of Malaysia's independence.
Severe haze affecting Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in August 2005
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Ariffin Mohamed known as Ayah Pin standing in front of the large teapot and the vase in the Sky Kingdom compound prior to its demolition on 1 August.
Federal level
State level
- Sultan of Johor: Sultan Iskandar
- Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
- Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Yahya Petra
- Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Faizuddin (Regent)
- Sultan of Perak: Sultan Azlan Shah
- Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Ahmad Shah
- Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah
- Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
- Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Jaafar
- Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang: Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas
- Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Mohd Khalid Yaakob
- Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin
- Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Ahmad Shah Abdullah
Events
February
- 1 February — Channel 9 ceases transmission. It will relaunch as TV9 the following year.
- 15 February – The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) (Malaysian Coast Guard) is founded.[1]
March
- 9 March – Student from Johor Bahru, Johor, Nur Amalina Che Bakri scores record 17A1s in the 2004 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examinations.[2]
April
- 1 April – Siti Nurhaliza holds her concert in Royal Albert Hall, London for the first time.[3]
May
- 18 May – On Teacher's Day, a seven-year-old girl from Sekolah Rendah Agama Rantau Panjang religious school Nur Salina Saparedi was knocked by a lorry while she was crossing the road at North Klang Straits Bypass in Klang, Selangor.[4]
- 20 May – Miri was granted city status and became the second city of Sarawak, after state capital Kuching.[5]
June
- June – A fault in the transmission line of the National Grid near Serendah, Selangor causes a blackout in northern Peninsular Malaysia.[6]
- June – Malaysia's squash player Nicol David captures the World Open title in Hong Kong and become the World No.1 in woman's squash (she is the first Asian woman to be ranked World No. 1 in the sport).[7]
July
- July – Dr Judson Sakai anak Tagal, the Sarawak state assemblyman for Ba'kelalan, was killed in a helicopter crash in Ba'kelalan, Sarawak.[8]
- 10 July – The NKVE-Jalan Meru flyover (now Setia Alam Interchange) collapses onto the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE), killing two Bangladeshi workers and injuring seven others.[9]
- 18 July – A group of masked vigilantes attacked the Sky Kingdom's headquarters, smashing windows and torching buildings. Two days later, 58 followers were arrested, and on 31 July three of Ariffin Mohamed known as Ayah Pin's four wives were also arrested in Kelantan. Ariffin escaped arrest and remains at large as a fugitive wanted by the Malaysian authorities. Forty-five members face charges of failing to observe the government fatwa (i.e. for continuing to be members of a sect declared as deviant), which carries a fine up to RM 3,000 or two years in prison. One of those arrested faced an additional charge of "humiliating Islam" (for claiming not to be a Muslim).[10]
August
- 1 August – Officials of the Besut Land Office demolished Sky Kingdom's various buildings, citing Section 129 of the National Land Code (which punishes unauthorised construction with land confiscation).[11]
- 3 August – Mawi wins the Akademi Fantasia Season 3 and becomes one of the Malaysian top male singers.[12]
- 9 August – Rakan Cop, the Malaysian community police is launched.[13]
- 10 August – The National Biofuel Policy is introduced.[14]
- 11 August – Haze: A state of emergency was declared in Kuala Selangor and Port Klang.[15]
- 27 August – Selangor was declared as the first developed state in Malaysia.[16]
September
October
- 1 October – Kota Bharu, capital of Kelantan state, was declared as the first Islamic city in Malaysia.[18]
- 9 November – Azahari Husin, a Malaysian national and Islamic terrorist was killed in a police raid on his hideout in Indonesia.[19]
November
- 20 November – Endon Mahmood, wife of the incumbent Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dies. Her body was laid to rest at the Muslim cemetery in Taman Selatan, Precinct 20, Putrajaya.[20]
- 29 November – First Monsoon Cup international regatta held in Terengganu.[21]
December
- 6 December – Federal governing coalition Barisan Nasional wins the Pengkalan Pasir by-election in Kelantan.[22]
- 14 December – The 11th ASEAN Summit and East Asian Summit were held in Kuala Lumpur.[23]
National Day
Main theme
Keranamu Malaysia (Theme of Educations)
National Day Parade
Deaths
- Tan Sri Dr. Tan Chin Tuan — Former OCBC Bank (Malaysia) chairman (1966–1983)
- R. Letchumanan — Malaysian strongest man
- Tun Hamdan Sheikh Tahir — Penang state governor (Yang di-Pertua Negeri) (1989–2002)
- Haji Yusoff Rono — Survivors of the Bukit Kepong Incident 1950
- Saadiah — Malay actress
- Aziz Jaafar — Malay actor
- Bat Latiff — Malay actor and child actor
- Sidek Abdullah Kamar — father of former Malaysian national badminton players.
- Noraini Hashim — Malay actress
- Ismail Din — Malay actor and comedian
- Datin Roqiyah Hanim — Tun Hussein Onn's eldest daughter
- Munir Sheikh Mahmud (Moon) — famous comedians in Jangan Ketawa TV sitcom series.
- Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Jaafar — state assemblymen for Pengkalan Pasir, Kelantan.
- Tan Sri Dr Noordin Sopiee — Executive Chairman of the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS).
See also
References
- ↑ User, Super. "The Establishment of MMEA". www.mmea.gov.my. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ↑ "Nur Amalina tulis resipi kejayaan". Utusan Online (in Malay). Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ↑ "Siti Nurhaliza to perform in London - Nation | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ↑ "Murid mahu hadiah guru kerongsang maut nahas". Utusan Online (in Malay). Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ↑ "Miri celebrates city status in style - Nation | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ↑ "Power outage may affect Tenaga's bid for tariff rise". Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. January 15, 2005.
- ↑ "Squash: How being a pig has made Nichol David one of the best ever". Excelle Sports. 2017-03-08. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ↑ "Helicopter tragedies in the headlines". BorneoPost Online | Borneo , Malaysia, Sarawak Daily News. 2016-05-06. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ↑ "Nine workers injured in flyover collapse". www.thesundaily.my. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ↑ "BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Malaysian sect members arrested". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ↑ "Kerajaan Langit akhirnya roboh". Malaysiakini (in Malay). 2005-08-01. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ↑ Shah, Izuan. "Mawi launches new solo album - News | The Star Online". Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ↑ "Rakan COP to be deployed nationwide - Community | The Star Online". Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ↑ "IEA - Malaysia". www.iea.org. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ↑ 5.05pm, Lisa Goh as at. "Haze emergency declared in Kuala Selangor, Port Klang - Nation | The Star Online". Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ↑ "Declaration made based on criteria reflecting its status - Letters | The Star Online". Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ↑ "Malaysian among air crash victims". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ↑ Harun, Norli. "The Changing Image And Identity Of Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia: From Cultural City To Islamic City".
- ↑ "Bali bomber killed in shootout, police believe - World - smh.com.au". www.smh.com.au. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ↑ "BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Malaysia PM's wife dies of cancer". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ↑ "Monsoon Cup teams praise the wind - Nation | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ↑ "Confirmed! Pengkalan Pasir belongs to BN". Malaysiakini. 2005-12-07. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ↑ "Premier Wen addresses East Asia Summit". www.gov.cn. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
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