2011 in Malaysia

2011 in Malaysia is the 54th anniversary of Malaysia's independence.

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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.

Incumbents

Federal level

State level

Events

January
Taib Mahmud and his Syrian wife Ragad Waleed Alkurdi in 2011
  • 1 January – The Bandar Tasik Selatan Integrated Transport Terminal (Terminal Bersepadu Selatan) is opened for public.
  • 11 January – An Air Asia passenger plane carrying 130 passengers and crew skidded off the runway at Kuching International Airport, Sarawak.
  • 1–17 January – Several parts of East Coast Peninsula Malaysia were hit by flash floods.
  • 16 January – Sarawak's Chief Minister, Abdul Taib Mahmud marries Syrian lady, Ragad Waleed Alkurdi.
  • 17 January – The opening of Batang Tiga Police Station Gallery in Tanjung Kling, Malacca.
  • 21 January – Malaysian naval commandos rescued 23 crew members of the MT Bunga Laurel oil tanker which was hijacked by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden.
  • 22 January – Three young victims are murdered by a group of unknown motorists in Masjid Tanah, Malacca.
  • 28 January–3 February – Several parts of Southern Peninsula Malaysia were hit by flash floods.
  • 28 January – The new anthem and lyrics for Federal Territory is launched.
  • 29 January – The government announces that there will be no toll hike for Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway and East Coast Expressway (Phase 1) for every five years.
  • 30 January – Tenang by-election, 2011. Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate, Mohd Azahar wins this by-elections with a majority of 3,707 votes beating PAS candidate Normala Sudirman.

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 – Najib Tun 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.
  • 28 February – Former transport minister Tan Sri Chan Kong Choy was charged in the Sessions Court with three counts of cheating over projects in the Pulau Indah and Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ).

March

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
  • 5 May – Lesotho prime minister, Pakalitha Mosisili visits Malaysia and meets the prime minister, Najib Tun Razak in Putrajaya.
  • 10 May – Three people were killed and five others were injured in the 11-vehicle pile-up at the t-junctions in Bahau, Negeri Sembilan.
  • 17 May – The toll collections of the East–West Link Expressway from Salak Interchange to Taman Connaught Interchange is abolished.
  • 21 May – 16 people mostly 15 children and a caretaker of an orphanage were killed in a landslide caused by heavy rains at the Children's Hidayah Madrasah Al-Taqwa orphanage in FELCRA Semungkis, Hulu Langat, Selangor.
  • 27 May – The biggest National Youth Day celebrations, Hari Belia Negara is held in Putrajaya.

June

July
Protesters marching the streets of Kuala Lumpur during the illegal Bersih 2.0 rally on July 9.

August
  • 5 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 abolishment of the Internal Security Act 1960 (ISA) and the three Emergency Declarations (Banishment Act (1959) and Emergency Ordinance) and will replaced 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.

November
The new Istana Negara at Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur.
  • 1 November – The Klang Bus Station or Klang Bus Stand is closed to make way for the new Pasar Seni MRT station. The station is part of the construction of the new Sungai Buloh–Kajang MRT line.
  • 3 November – The 2011 Seksualiti Merdeka event was banned by the federal government.
  • 3 November – Malaysia has officially become a member of the Antarctic Treaty Pact. It is the first ASEAN country and the 49th nation to do so.
  • 11 November – Four people were killed in the bus-trailer crash at North–South Expressway near Behrang, Perak.
  • 15 November – The Istana Negara at Bukit Petaling is officially closed and moved to the new building at Jalan Duta.
  • 20 November – Malaysian football team wins gold medal after beating Indonesia (2-2) 4-3 in the penalty shootout at the 2011 SEA Games football men's final in Indonesia.
  • 29 November – The Peaceful Assembly Bill of 2011 is passed by the Malaysian Parliament.

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
  • 1 January – Faizal Yusof – Malaysian actor. (born 1978)
  • 20 January – Mohamad Hidhir Abu Hasan – Merlimau, Malacca's State Assemblyman.
  • 25 January – Dol Ramli – former Director General of Broadcasting.
  • 6 February – Abdul Ajib Ahmad – former Johor Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) (1982–1986)
  • 12 February – Zaharuddin Abu Kassim – Kerdau, Pahang's State Assemblyman.
  • 24 February – Illani Ishak – former Kota Bharu Member of Parliament.
  • 21 March – Tengku Ampuan Bariah of Terengganu (1979–1998) – mother of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin
  • 22 March – Saleha Mohd Ali – elder sister of the former prime minister's wife Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali
  • 30 March – Tan Tiong Hong – former Deputy Minister
  • 30 April – Zainal Aznam Mohd Yusof – economist and National Economic Advisory Council (NEAC) member
  • 10 May – Aimi Jarr – veteran journalist and actor
  • 13 May – Orchid Abdullah – veteran singer
  • 21 May – Mahyon Ismail – veteran actress
  • 31 May – Raja Saidatul Ihsan Tengku Badar Shah of Selangor – mother of the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah
  • 19 June – Zami Ahmad (Pak Uda) – comedians in the sitcom series Pi Mai Pi Mai Tang Tu
  • 17 July – Lo' Lo' Mohd Ghazali – Titiwangsa PAS Member of Parliament
  • 18 July – James Wong Kim Min – Sarawak's first Deputy Chief Minister
  • 31 July – Syed Ahmad Syed Jamal – art laureate
  • 1 August – Hasnah Haron – veteran singer
  • 7 August – John Ratnasingam Gurusamy – former trade union leader
  • 1 September – Hassan Ahmad – Yayasan Karyawan chairman and Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) chief director
  • 1 September – Abdul Shukor Abdullah – Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) Pro-Chancellor
  • 2 September – Noramfaizul Mohd Nor – Bernama TV cameraman
  • 10 September – David Choong – Badminton legend
  • 4 October – Roslan Md Yusof – Johol, Negeri Sembilan's State Assemblyman.
  • 7 October – Raja Muzwin Raja Arif Shah – Raja Perempuan of Perak (1965–1984) and mother of the Sultan of Johor's consort, Raja Zarith Sofia
  • 11 October – Ahmad Jais – veteran singer
  • 18 October – Abdul Halim Mohd Seth – former Sanggang (now Kerdau), Pahang's State Assemblyman.
  • 23 October – Marco Simoncelli – Italian Motogp rider.
  • 23 December – Abdul Hamid Othman – Former Minister in the Prime Minister's Department.

See also
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