2015 in Malaysia

• 1 September – Retail prices of RON95, RON97 and diesel reduced 10 sen a litre each, effective midnight. The price of RON 95 and RON 97 are reduced by 10 sen to RM1.95 and RM2.35 per litre respectively and the price of diesel is drop from RM1.95 to RM1.80.
• September–October – Several part of
  Peninsula Malaysia were hit by haze
  .
• 3 September – Former Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad to be investigated for criminal defamation over statements he made during Bersih 4 rally, Inspector General of Police, Khalid Abu Bakar said.
• 3 September – At least three people were injured in an accident involving a car, a van and three motorcycles in
  Jalan Kuching, Kuala Lumpur
  causing a massive traffic jam in the morning.
• 3 September – More than 40 people are missing after a boat ferrying illegal immigrants on their way home to
  Sabak Bernam, Selangor
  .
• 3 September – Malaysia football team suffer their biggest ever defeat as United Arab Emirates (UAE) beat them 10–0 in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification in Abu Dhabi. On 4 September, national football coach, Dollah Salleh resigned.
• 7 September – A traffic enforcement officer, Inspector Margaret Tagum anak Goen succumbed to her injuries after she was run over by a Mat Rempit during ‘Ops Roda/Rempit’ at Km 58, Jalan Batu Pahat–Mersing in Kluang, Johor early morning.
• 11 September – A
  Al-Haram Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, killing 107 people and injuring 238 people including ten of Malaysian hajj pilgrimage. On 14 September, Tabung Haji
  confirmed that six Malaysian hajj pilgrimage were killed in the crane disaster.
• 14 September – Penang Bridge celebrates its 30th anniversary.
• 16 September – Police confirmed that missing deputy public prosecutor,
  Kevin Anthony Morais was murdered after human remains were found in a concrete-filled drum in USJ1, Subang Jaya, Selangor
  12 days after he went missing.
• 16 September – The
  2015 United People's rally
  :
  • More than 200,000 people are attending in a
    United People's rally or "Red Shirt" rally in the city centre of Kuala Lumpur, in support of the Najib Razak
    's government.
  • Police fired water cannons at protesters demanding to be let into Petaling Street where Chinatown is located during a rally in support of the government.
• 18 September – Unidentify foreign man was slapped second imam of
  Masjid Negara (National Mosque), Mohd Zuhairee B Mohd Yatim in midway of friday prayer
  . That man was detained after that.
• 18 September – Former UMNO member Khairuddin Abu Hassan is arrested by police on suspicion of having committed activity detrimental to parliamentary democracy, an offence under the Penal Code.
• 19 September – Silat is declared as a national martial arts of Malaysia.
• 21 September –
  Alor Star due to ill health. Her body was laid to rest at Kedah Royal Mausoleum in Langgar
  . Kedah declared seven days of mourning begins 21 until 27 of September.
• 22 September – Opposition political alliance,
  Parti Amanah Negara
  ) (PAN).
• 24 September – A
  stampede during the Hajj pilgrimage in Mina near Mecca, Saudi Arabia
  , kills more than 700 people and injures at least 800 others. One Malaysian hajj pilgrims was killed in a stampede.
• 26 September – The leader who make
  United People's rally or "Red Shirt" rally in the city centre of Kuala Lumpur, Jamal Mohd Yunus was detain by police in relation to his remarks of an alleged rioting during a rally in Petaling Street
  . He was released after that.
• 28 September – Royal Australian Navy's submarine, HMAS Sheean makes surprise appearance in Penang.
• 30 September –
  Masjid Negara (National Mosque)
  second imam, Mohd Zuhairee B Mohd Yatim during Friday prayers on 18 September.

October

• 1 October – Retail prices of RON95, RON97 and diesel increased 10 sen a litre each, effective midnight. The price of RON 95 and RON 97 are increased by 10 sen to RM2.05 and RM2.45 per litre respectively and the price of diesel is up to RM1.90.
• 1 October – The
  Johor Causeway and Malaysia–Singapore Second Crossing
  .
• 5 October – The
  CHF 40,000 (RM 180,000) by FIFA and ordered to play in an own empty stadium following crowd trouble in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Group A qualifying match against Saudi Arabia (Saudi Arabia won 3–0) at the Shah Alam Stadium
  on 8 September.
• 9 October – Former Alor Limbat, Terengganu's state assemblyman, Alias Abdullah, was gunned down at his home in Marang after Friday prayers.
• 9 October – Two Orang Asli school girls from Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Tohoi in Gua Musang, Kelantan who went missing since 23 August were found safe but in a weak condition in Sungai Emas.
• 10 October – Hari Sukan Negara (National Sports Day) is held nationwide for the first time.
• 13 October – Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash:
  • Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made Buk missile
    fired from eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board.
• 14 October – The OKU disabled teenager, Muhammad Firdaus Dullah, who was found neglected and extremely malnourished at a unit of Taman Semarak Flats in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan last year, has died. He was 16 years old.
• 14 October – Six family members were killed when their car skidded and collided with a trailer parked on the
  Kemaman, Terengganu
  .
• 14 October – Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash:
  • Russia has appealed to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to open a new probe into last year's downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine.
• 23 October – The 2016 Federal Budget highlights
  • 2016 budget allocates total RM267.2 billion, an increase from a revised allocation of 260.7 billion for 2015. The initial allocation for 2015 was 273.9 billion.
  • For 2016, federal government revenue collection is projected at RM225.7 billion, up RM3.2 billion from 2015.
  • RM41.3 billion allocated to improve education.
  • Defence Ministry allocated RM17.1 billion.
  • Allocation of RM30.1 billion for development projects, RM5.2 billion for security, social development gets RM13.1 billion.
  • Government allocates RM1.2 billion to the tourism industry.
  • Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA), an agency to facilitate the development of ethnic Malays and other indigenous Malaysians, allocated RM3.7 billion.
  • Affordable housing projects allocated RM1.6 billion, to be spent building 175,000 houses.
  • RM900 million allocated to resolve Kuala Lumpur traffic congestion.
  • Telecommunications infrastructure allocated RM1.2 billion.
  • RM1.4 billion earmarked for development of rural roads nationwide. The
    Pan Borneo Highway
    to be toll free.
  • Government to improve infrastructure in rural areas, including building houses and water supply.
  • RM5.3 billion allocated to modernize agricultural sector.
  • RM515 million allocated to improve electricity supply in Sabah state.
  • Pengerang oil project to receive RM18 billion in 2016.
  • Increased from RM900 per month to RM1,000 in peninsular Malaysia.
  • Current account surplus in 2016 to be down more than half to RM11.3 billion from RM23.4 billion this year and RM47.3 billion in 2014.
  • Economic growth forecasts at 4.0–5.0 percent for 2016, compared with 4.5–5.0 percent this year.
  • Fiscal deficit for 2016 reduced to 3.1 percent of gross domestic product, down from 3.2 percent in 2015 and 3.4 percent last year.
  • Exports forecast to rebound 1.4 percent in 2016 after a 0.7 percent fall this year.
  • Inflation seen at 2.0–3.0 percent in 2016, against 2.0–2.5 percent this year.
  • Government debt limit to remain at 55 percent of GDP in 2016, forecasting a ratio of 54.0 percent this year and slightly up from 52.7 percent in 2014.
  • Oil and gas related revenues seen at 14.1 percent of total revenue in 2016, down from 19.7 percent in 2015.
  • Goods and Services Tax (GST) expected to raise 39 billion next year, against RM27 billion collected in the first eight months of 2015.
  • Subsidy allocations seen falling slightly to RM26.1 billion from RM26.2 billion this year.
• 23–25 October – The Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix celebrates its 25th anniversary.
• 27 October - Prime Minister Najib Razak has filed a suit against former MCA President Ling Liong Sik for allegedly defaming him.^[5]
• 30 October – An Indian national, Shabir Ahmad Khan who slapped the second imam of Masjid Negara (National Mosque) during Friday prayers last month was fined RM12,000 or three months’ jail by the Magistrate's Court.
• 31 October – Official opening of the
  Kinrara BK5
• 31 October –
  final at Dushanbe
  . Johor state government declared public holiday on 1 November following the JDT's victory.

• 2 November – The Anti Smuggling Unit (UPP) changed its names into Malaysian Border Security Agency (AKSEM)
• 3 November – A family of four have been arrested for their suspected involvement in the gruesome murders of at least six people in Tapah, Perak.
• 4 November – Tunku Hamidah binti Almarhum Sultan Badlishah, sister of the 14th
  Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah of Kedah died at the age of 90. Her body was laid to rest at Kedah Royal Mausoleum in Langgar
  .
• 6 November – The Health Ministry has started a nationwide crackdown by raiding
  vape stores and confiscating thousands bottles of vape liquid that contain nicotine
  .
• 11 November – A landslide has occurred at Km 52.4 of the Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway between Lentang and Bukit Tinggi, Pahang and Gombak–Bentong old roads due to heavy rains. The Lentang–Bukit Tinggi stretch of the expressway was closed to traffic. On 15 November, the stretches of the expressway was reopened to traffic.
• 13 November – At least
  Najib Tun Razak
  expressed his shock about the attack, and condemns the "outrageous attacks in Paris on innocent civilians". Wisma Putra confirms that there are no Malaysians have been reported dead in the Paris attacks.
• 15 November – Malaysian no.1 badminton player, Lee Chong Wei wins China Open after beating Chen Long of China, 21–15, 21–11 in the final.
• 16 November – Several parts of Shah Alam, Selangor and Johor Bahru, Johor were hit by flash floods.
• 16 November – One people injured in a
  Senai Airport in Senai, Johor
  .
• 18 November –
  Bahasa Malaysia
  .
• 18–22 November – The 27th ASEAN and Related Summits, Kuala Lumpur:
  • 3:30 pm:
    US President, Barack Obama arrived in Kuala Lumpur from Manila for three-day visit and attending the 27th ASEAN and Related Summits
    .
  • 4:00 pm:
    US President, Barack Obama attend a town hall session with ASEAN Youth as part of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSALI) at Taylor's University lakeside campus in Subang Jaya, Selangor
    .
  • 8:00 pm:
    Najib Tun Razak
    at the 2015 ASEAN Business and Investment Summit at the Shangri-La Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.
• 21 November – The 27th ASEAN and Related Summits, Kuala Lumpur (Day 2):
  • 10:30 am –
    US President Barack Obama visits the Dignity for Children Foundation, an educational institution for refugee and urban poor children in Sentul, Kuala Lumpur
    .
  • 11:00 am – The 27th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits kicked off with a strong condemnation of terrorism and extremism and a rousing call for the ASEAN Community to take its place on the world stage.
• 22 November – Malaysian badminton player Lee Chong Wei wins Hong Kong Open after beating Tian Houwei of China 21–16, 21–15 in the final.
• 22 November – The 27th ASEAN and Related Summits, Kuala Lumpur (Day 3):
  • 11:00 am –
    US President, Barack Obama announced plans to host the leaders of 10 ASEAN
    nations in 2016.
  • 5:30 pm –
    US President, Barack Obama concluded his three-day visit to Malaysia for the 27th ASEAN Summit and Related Summit. The Air Force One
    departed from Subang at 5:20 pm.
• 23 November –
  Najib Tun Razak in Putrajaya
  .
  • 12:30 pm –
    Najib Tun Razak jointly inaugurated the Torana Gate at Little India, Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur
    .
  • 3:30 pm – Malaysia and China sealed eight government-to-government memorandums of understanding (MoUs) and agreements in various fields including trade, culture and administration. The signing ceremony was witnessed by the Prime Minister
    Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at Perdana Putra, Putrajaya
    .
• 24 November – UMNO Wanita Gopeng chief Hamidah Osman is sacked from UMNO for disciplinary reasons.
• 26 November – The
  Lahad Datu invasion
  two years ago.
• 27 November – Deputy Prime Minister, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and the late deputy public prosecutor, Anthony Kevin Morais received the Perak award from the 35th Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah.
• 28 November – Sultan of Johor,
  vape
  in the state and ordered all vape store closed starting 1 January 2016.
• 29 November – Tunku Abdul Malik ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah, Raja Muda of Kedah died at the age of 86. His body was laid to rest at Kedah Royal Mausoleum in Langgar. Kedah declares three days of mourning.

December

• 1 December – The price of RON95 petrol decreased by 10 sen from RM2.05 to RM1.95. Price of RON97 petrol and diesel remain unchanged.
• 1 December – The Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crash:
  • Faulty equipment and the crew's "inability to control the aircraft" led an AirAsia A320 to crash into the Java Sea last year, killing all 162 people on board.
• 3 December – The
  National Security Council Bill 2015 has been passed by the Dewan Rakyat
  .
• 4 December – A Malaysian businessman was shot dead by an unidentified gunman at noon while he was on his way from Sadao to the Hat Yai International Airport in Songkhla, Thailand.
• 5 December –
  Sultan Ibrahim Ismail of Johor died at the age of 25 due to cancer. His body was laid to rest at the Mahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum, Johor Bahru
  . Johor declares three days of mourning for public and seven days for royal family.
• 6 December –
  Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) vice president Nurul Izzah Anwar
  , who was scheduled to announce the party's Sarawak election candidates for the state general election, has been barred from entering the state.
• 8 December – Prime Minister Najib Razak has stressed that the donation of RM2.6 billion deposited into his account is neither from a public fund nor the government's strategic investment company, 1MDB.^[6]
• 9 December – Malaysia won 52 Gold medals at the 2015 ASEAN Para Games in Singapore. The nation will host the multi-sport event in 2017.
• 10 December – The son of Federal Court Judge, Abdul Hamid Embong, Darem Hakimi, 27, died after he was involved in a car accident at Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim, near the Parliament building, Kuala Lumpur.
• 11 December – The Chinese company,
  Gemas–Johor Bahru Electrified Double Tracking Project (EDTP)
  which construction will begin in March 2016.
• 12 December –
  final at Shah Alam Stadium
  . Selangor declares public holiday on 14 December following the state club victory.
• 15 December –
  Islamic Military Alliance sponsored by Saudi Arabia
  against terrorism.
• 16 December – A former Fardu Ain and Religious Class (Kafa) teacher, Muhamad Faizal Mahmud Affandi pleaded guilty to punching a salesman Chea Wei Jian in the face at
  Low Yat Plaza, Kuala Lumpur
  on 12 November.
• 17 December – Britain's largest halal fast food chain, Chicken Cottage, opened the first outlet in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu.
• 19 December – Five of the family were drowned in Belukar Bukit Waterfall in Kuala Berang, Terengganu.
• 20 December – Malaysia's first Sharia-Compliant budget airline Rayani Air begins its maiden flight.
• 20 December –
  Kampung Patau-Patau, Labuan
  .
• 20 December – A brawl has reportedly broken out at a mobile phone shop in the Kota Raya shopping complex in Kuala Lumpur, leaving two with minor injuries.
• 20 December – Thirteen Malaysian tourist mostly from
  Batu Pahat, Johor were killed in a bus crash at Chiang Mai, Thailand
  .
• 21 December – Police have arrested a man over his suspected involvement in December 20 fight at the Kota Raya shopping centre in the city.
• 21 December – Six cars were damaged in a fire at a car park near the Taman Jaya LRT station in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
• 21 December – Mohd Ali Baharom, better known as Ali Tinju is arrested over last week's demonstration urging a boycott of traders at Kuala Lumpur's Kota Raya shopping vomplex.
• 23 December – The thirteen bodies mostly Malaysian tourist of the bus crash in Chiang Mai, Thailand were flown back to Malaysia.
• 24 December – The Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 crash:
  • The current underwater search for the missing
    Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean is expected to be completed in June 2016, the Australian Joint Agency Coordination Centre
    (JACC) said.
• 25 December – Four people killed and 26 others injured in an express bus-lorry crash at
  Jeli, Kelantan
  .
• 26 December – A family outing of ten ended in tragedy when four of them died after their raft capsized in Sungai Bekok river near Yong Peng, Johor.
• 28 December – The first anniversary of the Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crash.
• 28 December – A
  Missouri floods
  on 26 December, has been found dead. His body was found at 11:00 am local time.
• 31 December – The formation of the
  ASEAN Community
  (AC).
• 31 December – The Malaysia Year of Festival 2015 is officially ended.

National Day and Malaysia Day

National Day theme

Malaysia, Sehati Sejiwa (Single Minded Malaysia)

National Day parade

Padang Merdeka, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Sports

• 25 November 2014 – 1 February 2015 –
  Purple League
• 13–18 January –
  2015 Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold
• 31 January –
  2015 Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup
• 31 January – 29 August – 2015 Malaysia Super League
• 1 February – 23 May – 2015 Malaysia FA Cup
• 4 February – 28 August –
  2015 Malaysia President's Cup
• 6 February – 22 August – 2015 Malaysia Premier League
• 28 February – 8 March – 2015 Malaysian Open
• 8 March – 29 August – 2015 Malaysia FAM League
• 8–15 March – 2015 Tour de Langkawi
• 26–29 March – 58th Milo/PRAM Malaysia Open Swimming Championships 2015
• 27–29 March – 2015 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix
• 27–29 March – 92nd Malaysia Open Athletics Championship 2015
• 31 March – 5 April – 2015 Malaysia Super Series Premier
• 21 April – 2015 World's Strongest Man, Putrajaya, Malaysia
• 27 July – Liverpool FC tour 2015: Malaysia XI vs Liverpool FC
• 30 July – 3 August – The 128th IOC Session
• 31 July – 3 August –
  Sepang Circuit
• 7–9 August – Kuala Lumpur City Grand Prix
• 4 October – The Standard Chartered Kuala Lumpur International Marathon 2015 (cancelled due to haze)
• 23–25 October – 2015 Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix
• 7 November –
  2015–16 FIA Formula E Championship
  )
• 22 November – 2015 Penang Bridge International Marathon

Deaths

• 9 January – Tun Datu Patinggi Haji Abdul Rahman Ya'kub – former Fourth Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak (1981–1985)
• 24 January –
  Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin
  of Terengganu
• 1 February –
  Othman Abdullah
  – former national footballer
• 3 February – Ahmad Ali (born 1930 or 1931), commonly known as "Mat Tarzan" – former bodybuilder from Penang in the 1950s and 1960s^[7]
• 12 February – Hasbullah Awang – sports commentator
• 12 February –
  Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party
  (PAS)
• 4 April –
  Rompin, former Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, former Malaysian ambassador to the United States and also Perumahan Rakyat 1Malaysia Berhad
  (PR1MA) chairman
• 14 May – Rahimidin Zahari – writer
• 13 June –
  T-Team imported footballer from Nigeria
• 16 September –
  Kevin Anthony Morais
  – deputy public prosecutor
• 1 October –
  Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–89)
  .
• 29 November – Tunku Abdul Malik ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah – Raja Muda of Kedah
• 5 December –
  Sultan Ibrahim Ismail of Johor
  .
• 28 December – Tiffany Leong – actress

See also

• 2015
• 2014 in Malaysia | 2016 in Malaysia
• History of Malaysia
• List of Malaysian films of 2015

References