1977 in Malaysia

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← 1976 1975 1974 1977 in Malaysia → 1978 1979 1980
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1977 History of Malaysia  • Timeline  • Years

• Sultan Yahya Petra
• Raja Perempuan Zainab
• Tun Hussein Onn
• Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Dr Mahathir Mohamad
• Lord President: Mohamed Suffian Mohamed Hashim

State level

• Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ismail
• Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
• Sultan of Kelantan: Tengku Ismail Petra (Regent)
• Tuanku Syed Putra
• Sultan Idris Shah II
• Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Ahmad Shah (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
• Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
• Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah
• Tuanku Jaafar
• Tun Sardon Jubir
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Syed Zahiruddin bin Syed Hassan
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak:
  • Tun Tuanku Bujang Tuanku Othman
    (until February)
  • Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin (from February)
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah:
  • Tun Mohd Hamdan Abdullah (Until November)
  • Tun Datuk Ahmad Koroh (From November)

Events

• 24 January – Former
  Selangor Menteri Besar, Datuk Harun Idris was found guilty and sentenced by the High Court to six months jail for forgery and fined RM 15,000 or six months jail for abetting criminal breach of trust involving nearly RM 6.5 million worth of Bank Rakyat
  's stocks and shares
• 1 February test colour by RTM
• 24 April – Five children were killed in a saloon racing car accident at the
  Batu Tiga Circuit during the Malaysian Grand Prix
  .
• 11 May – The
  Tugu Negara
  (National Monument) was finally repaired and restored to its original state.
• June – Construction began on the North–South Expressway project.
• 7 July – The 25th anniversary of Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA) was celebrated.
• 8 August – The 10th anniversary of
  Association of Southeast Asian Nations
  (ASEAN) was celebrated.
• 15 August –
  Jeli, Kelantan. Five soldiers from the 11th Battalion of the Askar Wataniah
  (Territorial Army) were ambushed by 30 Communist terrorists during left Post 8 for Post 5 on patrol and to obtain supplies.
• 27 September –
  Japan Airlines Flight 715 crashed at Subang, Selangor
  , killing 34 of the 79 people on board.
• 8 November – A State of emergency was declared in the state of Kelantan following a political impasse and street violence.
• 19–26 November – The
  1977 Southeast Asian Games
  were held in Kuala Lumpur.
• 4 December – Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 was hijacked and crashed in Tanjung Kupang, Johor, killing all 100 people on board.^[1]

Births

• 17 February – Wong Choong Hann – Badminton player
• Unknown date – Azmyl Yunor – Singer-songwriter

Deaths

• 14 January –
  UMNO
  General Secretary and Minister of Rural Development
• 10 October – Tun Mohd Hamdan Abdullah – Sabah state Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) (1977)
• 20 December – Tan Sri Nik Ahmad Kamil Nik Mahmud – Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat (1974-1977)
• Unknown date – Tun Abdul Malek Yusuf – Second Malacca state Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) (1959–1971)

See also

• 1977
• 1976 in Malaysia | 1978 in Malaysia
• History of Malaysia

References