2017 in Malaysia

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2017 in Malaysia is the Malaysia's 60th anniversary of its independence.

The following lists events from 2017 in Malaysia.

Incumbents

Federal level

• Yang di-Pertuan Agong:
  • Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan
• Raja Permaisuri Agong:
  • Vacant
• Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong :
  • Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah of Perak
• Prime Minister: Najib Razak
• Deputy Prime Minister: Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

State level

•  Johor :
  • Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ibrahim Ismail
  • Menteri Besar of Johor: Mohamed Khaled Nordin
•  Kedah :
  • Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
  • Menteri Besar of Kedah:Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah
•  Kelantan :
  • Sultan of Kelantan:Tengku Muhammad Faiz Petra (regent)
  • Menteri Besar of Kelantan: Ahmad Yaakob
•  Perlis :
  • Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin
  • Menteri Besar of Perlis: Azlan Man
•  Perak :
  • Sultan of Perak: Sultan Nazrin Shah
  • Menteri Besar of Perak: Zambry Abdul Kadir
•  Pahang :
  • Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Ahmad Shah
  • Menteri Besar of Pahang: Adnan Yaakob
•  Selangor :
  • Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah
  • Menteri Besar of Selangor: Mohamed Azmin Ali
•  Terengganu :
  • Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin
  • Menteri Besar of Terengganu: Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman
•  Negeri Sembilan :
  • Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Muhriz
  • Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Mohamad Hasan
•  Penang :
  • Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Penang: Abdul Rahman Abbas
  • Chief Minister of Penang: Lim Guan Eng
•  Malacca :
  • Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca: Mohd Khalil Yaakob
  • Chief Minister of Malacca: Idris Haron
•  Sarawak :
  • Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak: Abdul Taib Mahmud
  • Chief Minister of Sarawak:
    • Adenan Satem (until 11 January)
    • Abang Johari Openg (from 13 January)
•  Sabah :
  • Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah: Juhar Mahiruddin
  • Chief Minister of Sabah: Musa Aman

Events

January

• 1 January – Visit ASEAN Year 2017 has officially begun.^[1]
• 1 January – The new speed limiters device for all buses are enforced.^[2]
• 1 January – The light reflectors became compulsory to all commercial vehicles.^[3]
• 1 January – At least ten people were injured during a New Year’s Day fireworks show at the Pandamaran Sports Complex in Port Klang.^[4]
• 9 January – Anwar Ibrahim arrives in Penang high court for his RM70 million defamation suit against an English daily and three other parties.^[5]
• 9 January – Suasa Airlines was fined RM380,000 for carrying passengers between Kuala Lumpur and Langkawi without a valid permit in Sepang court, Selangor. Suasa Airlines has operate this flight as a “demonstration flight” on 22 July 2016.^[6]
• 9 January – Mohd Faiz Subri, Malaysian footballer won the Puskas Award for best goal at the Best FIFA Football Awards for 2016 in Zurich, Switzerland.^[7]
• 11 January – Chief Minister of Sarawak, Adenan Satem died at the age of 72. His body was buried in a Muslim cemetery Semariang, Kuching, Sarawak.^[8]
• 12 January – Sarawak declared mourning for seven days to commemorate the death of Tan Sri Adenan Satem.^[9]
• 13 January – Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) deputy president Datuk Amar Abang Johari Abang Openg sworn as the sixth Sarawak chief minister in front of Governor of Sarawak Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud at the Astana Negeri in Petra Jaya at 4.05pm. He succeeds Tan Sri Adenan Satem who died of heart failure on 11 January.^[10]
• 13 January – Three Malaysian militants, including an Islamic State (IS) group leader, were killed following airstrikes in Raqqa, Syria, according to reports by Bukit Aman counter terrorism unit deputy director Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay.^[11]
• 17 January – Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 crash:
  • Malaysia, Australia and China announced the suspension the underwater search because unable to locate aircraft.^[12]
• 19 January – Because hitting a luxury car believed to belong to a 'Datuk', a truck driver was beaten by a group of men in Ampang, Selangor allegedly unhappy with the incident that could not be avoided. The incident was recorded by the camera and viral on social media.^[13]
• 25 January – 1,596 people were evacuated from 7 districts in Pahang but no casualties were reported.^[14]
• 28 January – 2017 Mengalum Island boat accident :
  • A boat carrying with 31 people including 28 China tourist was reported missing during journey from jetty Tanjung Aru to Pulau Mengalum, Sabah. ^[15]
• 29 January – 2017 Mengalum Island boat accident :
  • The boat captain and one crew member were rescued by another tourist boat on in afternoon after they floating in the sea for a day. While a fishermen boat found the 20 Chinese tourists along with the three that are confirmed dead some hours later, comprising two men and a woman but six people still are missing. ^[16]
• 30 January – 2017 Mengalum Island boat accident :
  • Prime Minister Najib Razak called for a thorough investigation over the incident and called all parties to abide by rules and guidelines set by the Government to ensure their safety. He wrote on Facebook that “I take the Sabah boat capsize tragedy very seriously, and I want a thorough investigation to identify the cause of the incident. However, for now, complete focus must be given to the search and rescue of six other victims who are still missing”.^[17] Sabah State Chief Minister Musa Aman offered his deepest condolences to the families of the victims who perished in the incident and called for relevant authorities to enforce strict regulation. The Chief Minister added “My thoughts and prayers also go to those who are still missing”,^[18]

February

• 1 February – 2017 Mengalum Island boat accident :
  • A body of man was found by local authorities 500 metres in the waters south of Mamutik Island, Sabah ^[19] but it was confirmed later that the body are not part of the boat mishap missing victims but a men who went missing while fishing with his friends off Dinawan Island, Sabah.^[20]
• 2 February – Malaysia filed the application for revision of the International Court of Justice judgement following its discovery of three documents at the National Archives of the United Kingdom to support its claim on sovereignty Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh and South Ledge.^[21]
• 4 February – 2017 Mengalum Island boat accident :
  • One missing victim are found and confirmed as one of the unidentified woman passenger (later identified as Yang Jia Yi).^[22]
  • One of the boat skipper was sentenced to six months in prison, an accusation which the boat operator acknowledge and pleaded guilty while the boat owner was released on bail and will be on trial again in the next week since the owner does not know Malay language.^[23]
• 4 February – Nautical Aliya ship, mission of humanitarian flotilla to help ethnic Rohingya has departed from Port Klang accompanied by 195 activist and international volunteers and volunteers organized the 1Malaysia Putera Club (KP1M) and the Malaysian Islamic Organization Consultative Council (MAPIM) with the support of ASEAN and international non-governmental organizations.^[24]
• 7 February – Malaysian worst Canada serial rapist, Selva Kumar Subbiah has returned to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Sepang after being deported by Canada authorities because end of terms 24 years in prison since year 1992. Selva found guilty of 19 counts of sexual assault, 28 counts of administering a drug or noxious substance, 10 counts of various kinds of assault and a dozen other charges, including extortion.^[25]
• 8 February – 2017 Mengalum Island boat accident :
  • The investigation papers on the catamaran have been complete and concluded the boat has overloaded beyond specified capacity combined with poor weather conditions. ^[26][27]
• 13 February – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam :
  • Kim Jong-nam half brother of North Korea leader Kim Jong-un was assassinated in Malaysia by two unidentified women, speculated to be North Korean agents, during his return trip to Macau at the low-cost carrier terminal of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport.^[28]
• 14 February – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam :
  • Following Kim's death, Malaysian police arrested a woman at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in connection to the attack on 13 February 2017. The woman, a 28-year-old named Đoàn Thị Hương, was in possession of Vietnamese travel documentation.^[29]
• 15 February – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam :
  • A post-mortem on Kim was conducted at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital mortuary in the presence of several North Korean officials.^[30]
• 16 February – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam :
  • A 25-year-old woman named Siti Aishah with Indonesian travel documentation was arrested in connection to the case and identified as the second female suspect. Aishah's boyfriend, a 26-year-old Malaysian named Muhammad Farid Bin Jalaluddin, was also arrested to assist in the investigation.^[31][32]
• 17 February – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam :
  • Malaysian police arrest of a fourth suspect, a North Korean man identified as 46-year-old Ri Jong Chol. He was arrested on the night of February 17 in Selangor.^[33]
• 18 February – Eight male teenagers on bicycles were killed after they were mowed down by a car on Jalan Lingkaran Dalam, besides the Mahmoodiah cemetery, near Johor Bahru early morning.^[34]
• 18 February – Tanjung Datu by-election results : Jamilah Anu, Barisan Nasional candidate and the widow of former Chief Minister of Sarawak Adenan Satem, won the election with a 6,443 majority defeated Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak Baru candidate, Rapelson Richard Hamit and State Reform Party candidate, Johnny Aput .^[35]
• 19 February – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam :
  • Malaysian police named four more North Korean suspects. They were identified as Rhi Ji-hyon (aged 33), Hong Song-hac (34), O Jong-gil (55) and Ri Jae-nam (57), all of whom left Malaysia after the attack, and the Malaysian police requested help from Interpol and other relevant authorities in tracking them.^[36][37]
• 20 February – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam :
  • Japanese television network Fuji TV released surveillance video, which it says it obtained from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, purporting to show the alleged attack on it appears to show one of two women grabbing a man who appears to be Kim Jong Nam from behind and putting him in what looks like a chokehold.^[38]
• 22 February – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam :
  • Malaysian police inspector-general Khalid Abu Bakar said that the killing was "a planned effort" and that the two women arrested had been trained to carry out the attack and had repeatedly rehearsed it together at Pavilion Kuala Lumpur and Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC). Khalid also said that the women apparently admitted that they knew they were handling poisonous substances.^[39][40]
  • An unnamed Malaysian man believed to be a chemist was picked up by police during a raid on a condominium where he then led police to another condominium where various chemicals were seized.^[41]
• 24 February – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam :
  • Police announced that a preliminary analysis found VX nerve agent, man-made chemical warfare agent that's classified as a nerve agent the most toxic and quick-acting of the known chemical warfare on the eyes and face of the Kim Jong-nam.^[42]
• 26 February – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam :
  • After conducting a two-hour sweep to decontamination chemical, police declared the terminal at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport a “safe zone.” They said they found no hazardous material nor trace of the nerve agent that was allegedly used in the attack.^[43]
• 26 February – King of Saudi Arabia, King Salman made four-day state visit to Malaysia. This is a first state visit to Malaysia since ascending the throne in 23 January 2015.^[44]
• 28 February – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam :
  • Aisyah and Houng were charged with murder, which carries a mandatory death sentence.^[45]
• 28 February – Three people were killed and four others, including an infant, were injured when a train car crashed into a van near Kampung Memanjang in Beaufort district, Sabah.^[46]

March

• 1 March – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam :
  • The suspect, Aisyah and Huong appeared in court and were both formally charged with Kim's murder. They were not required to enter a plea, but both told the court they were not guilty.^[47]
• 3 March – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam :
  • The only detained North Korean suspect, Ri Jong-chol, was released and deported due to lack of evidence.^[48]
• 4 March – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam :
  • The North Korean ambassador Kang Chol was declared a persona non grata and expelled to which North Korea reacted in kind.^[49]
• 6 March – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam :
  • Malaysia ending visa-free travel for North Koreans this week, citing security reasons from Malaysia-North Korea tension.^[50]
  • North Korea retaliated and designated the Malaysian ambassador, Mohamad Nizan Mohamad as persona non grata and demanded the envoy leave the country within 48 hours. However, the Malaysian Ambassador had already been recalled to Kuala Lumpur for consultation and arrived on February 22.^[51]
• 6 March – Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Muhammad V made first meeting of the fifth term of the 13th Parliament in the Parliament building, Kuala Lumpur.^[52]
• 7 March – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam :
  • North Korean authorities reacted by forbidding all Malaysians citizens in North Korea to leave the country. Malaysian authorities retaliated by forbidding North Korean citizens to leave Malaysia.^[53]
• 7 March – Malaysia police announced they had foiled a plot attack against King of Saudi Arabia, King Salman and Saudi Arabia monarch on a tour of Asia last week and arrested seven men, including four Yemeni nationals.^[54]
• 8 March – The third anniversary of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 crash^[55]
• 8 March – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam :
  • For the first time, Prime Minister Najib Razak has directly accused North Korea of murdering Kim Jong Nam.^[56]
• 10 March – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam :
  • Malaysia police completed the autopsy, confirming that the body belonged to Kim Jong-nam based from DNA provided by his son Kim Han-sol and the body was handed to the Ministry of Health for further action. The Health Ministry said they would then give Kim's family two to three weeks to claim his body, with the body having been embalmed to preserve it during the period. The family however declined to take the body and gave the Malaysian authorities permission to manage the remains.^{[57][58][59][60]}
• 14 March – A factory worker was killed when a car driven by a teenage girl reportedly against the current at North-South Expressway near Seberang Perai Tengah, Penang. Police believe the 19-year-old girl who was driving the Proton Gen-2 is driving under influence. This incident sparks outrage at social media.^[61]
• 14 March – Ministry of Communications and Multimedia launched SEBENARNYA.MY portal for the public to check on the authenticity of news spread through social websites.^[62]
• 14 March – Lexis Hibiscus, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan accolades from two Guinness World Records for most swimming pools and overwater villas in a resort in the world.^[63]
• 16 March – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam :
  • Interpol issued a red notice for the four North Korean suspects who had fled to Pyongyang.^[64]
• 19 March – The Kelantan Veterinary Services Department destroyed thousand birds and eggs in a bid to stem the outbreak of avian flu (H5N1) in the state.^[65]
• 22 March – Google Doodle honours P Ramlee, Malaysian actor and director at Malaysian homepage engine to celebrate his 88th birthday.^[66]
• 24 March – Nine people suspected links to Islamic State have been arrested by Malaysian police, including one believed to be involved in a bombing at a nightclub in June last year that injured eight people between March 15 and 21.^[67]
• 21–25 March – The Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA) 2017 is held in Langkawi Island, Kedah.^[68]
• 30 March – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam :
  • After negotiations between both sides to end their dispute, all stranded Malaysians in North Korea as well North Koreans in Malaysia were allowed to return to their countries with a recent receipt of a letter from the deceased's family requesting the remains of Kim's be returned to his country following the completion of further autopsy.^[69]
  • The three North Korean suspects, Ri Ji-u, Kim Uk-il and Hyon Kwang-song, who were holed up in the North Korean embassy in Malaysia were released and allowed to return home after investigators interviewed them and cleared them of any wrongdoing.^[70]

April

• 1 April – Md Raus Sharif appointed as 14th chief justice of Malaysia replacing Arifin Zakaria who retired at age 66 years and six months on March 31.^[71]
• 2 April – Six people were killed when a trailer crashed head-on into the MPV car were travelling in at km403.3 of the North-South Expressway near the Tanjung Malim toll plaza, Perak.^[72]
• 6 April – PAS President, Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang , tabled the Hudud bill, which seeks to amend the Shariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965 at Parliament, Kuala Lumpur.^[73]
• 7 April – Dewan Rakyat sets a records for the longest Parliament session occurred in Malaysia history.^[74]
• 7 April – 2017 Mengalum Island boat accident :
  • Families of the tourists victims have engaged their lawyers to file petitions claiming for compensation from involved quarters, including the tour operator.^[75]
• 8 April – Malaysia Airlines flight MH2718 carrying 61 passengers and six crew members from Kuala Lumpur skidded upon landing at Sibu Airport but no injuries reported.^[76]
• 10 April – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak condemned the bombings at churches in Tanta and Alexandria in Egypt on April 9 which killed dozens of worshipers.^[77]
• 13 April – Malaysian track cyclist Mohd Azizulhasni Awang brought home the gold medal in keirin at the 2017 Track Cycling World Championships in Hong Kong. He became second Asian medalist brought gold medal.^[78]
• 13 April – 11 Malaysians among 300 people listed in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Asia 2017 under the list Retail and E-Commerce category.^[79]
• 16 April – The Terengganu health department has confirmed that a pregnant woman was admitted to hospital on April 7 after suffering from fever for a week has died cause of Influenza A virus (H1N1) at April 13.^[80]
• 17 April – Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 crash:
  • The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) give warning to staff that leaks of information that pertaining search of MH370 by threatening to jail staff members after having refused to release material pertaining to the search efforts, as requested by families of the Chinese passengers of the ill-fated flight.^[81]
• 18 April – Chief of Police Narcotics IPD Baling, Assistant Superintendent Mohd Noor Mat Yaub and his wife died in an accident involving three vehicles in Kampung Teluk Teduri, Baling, Kedah.^[82]
• 19 April – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak unveil the Bumiputera Economic Transformation Roadmap (BETR) 2.0 in the quest to strengthen the economic participation of the community.^[83]
• 20 April – Johor Housing and Local Government Committee Exco, Datuk Abd Latif Bandi has resigned from his post with immediate effect after being charged at the Sessions Court with 33 counts of corruption.^[84]
• 21 April – Ampang PKR youth chief, Datuk Adam Rosly Abdullah claimed trial to six charges relating to the submission of false statements and forged documents to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) at the Sessions Court.^[85]
• 24 April – The installation of 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Muhammad V, Sultan of Kelantan at Istana Negara, Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur.^[86]
• 24 April – Prime Minister, Najib Razak gave an allocation of RM80 million to registered pondok schools (madrasah), Sekolah Menengah Agama Rakyat (SMAR) and tahfiz (religious) institutions.^[87]
• 26 April – Fully implementation of the Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) such as Touch 'n Go and Smart TAG at all Malaysian expressways.^[88]
• 26 April – Thaqif Mohamad Amin, a student of tahfiz (religious) school in Kota Tinggi, Johor died at 2:05 pm after a coma a few days because being beaten by wardens.^[89]
• 29 April – Three boys found drowned while participating in a school camping resort in Membakut, Beaufort, Sabah.^[90]

May

• 5 May – A camera footage shows 28-year-old man was injured and the car that he was driving, damaged, when he was attacked by several men outside a surau just after Friday prayers concluded at Taman Austin Perdana, Johor Baharu, Johor. Group of men claimed that man driving a car started honking because congregation car blocking his path and disturbed Muslims perform Friday prayers. This incident viral in social media and sparks outrage to public.^[91]
• 8 May – Malaysia police have confirmed the death in Syria of Muhammad Wanndy Mohamed Jedi, the Islamic State (IS) terror group’s principal coordinator for Malaysia after investigate Facebook posting of his wife on 29 April about Wanndy death in the small town of Ma'adan, Raqqa, Syria.^[92]
• 11 May – United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) celebrate 71st anniversary since its founded in 1946.^[93]
  • Estimated 140,000 of UMNO members who turned up from all over the country for the party’s 71st anniversary celebrations at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur.
  • UMNO marked its anniversary with a show of strength and solidarity, as Prime Minister,Najib Tun Razak declared the party ready for the 14th General Election.
• 12 May – The Sarawak Legislative Assembly voted in favour of a ministerial motion to disqualify Dr Ting Tiong Choon from the Pujut State Legislative Assembly (DUN) because he had acquired Australian citizenship that disqualify under Article 17(1)(g) of the state constitution.^[94]
• 14 May – The SMART Tunnel will celebrate its 10th anniversary.
• 14 May – Royal Malaysian Customs (RMC) Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) foiled an attempt to smuggle 330 tortoises worth about RM1.2 million that placed in five boxes carried by Etihad Airways flights from Antananarivo Airport, Madagascar to KLIA.^[95]
• 15 May – A man seriously injured in both legs when hit by a homemade bomb believed planted by money lenders or Ah Long in the incident in Jalan Pengkalan Setia, Taman Pengkalan Setia, Taiping, Perak.^[96]
• 16 May – CyberSecurity Malaysia confirmed only received one report involving ransomware attack WannaCry so far. This become first reported ransomware attack in Malaysia.^[97]
• 17 May – There was occur commotion on the TN50 dialogue with celebrities when the owner of the production company Metrowealth International Group (MIG) Datuk David Teo slapped by veteran actor Sulaiman Yassin (or better known as Mat Over) reliable for being 'rude' in the presence of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. This incident become viral in social media.^[98]
• 18 May – RON95 petrol price rise 7 cents to RM2.08 per liter, RON97 increased by 7 per cent to RM2.36, while diesel went up four sen to RM1.99.^[99]
• 18 May – Malaysia celebrated 100th years of anniversary of palm oil since its introduced in year 1917.^[100]
• 20 - 21 May – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak joined US President Donald Trump and more than 50 Muslim leaders for Arab Islamic American Summit in King Abdulaziz Conference Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to aimed at countering global extremism and terrorism.^[101]
• 21 May – Kuala Lumpur police launched an e-reporting facility for all the six districts in Kuala Lumpur under the city police headquarters for non-crime related reports.^[102]
• 22 May – Royal Malaysian Navy confimed nine navy personnel have been missing since 20 May after their boat lost contact during a routine patrol in waters off Sedili, Johor^[103] but however nine navy have been found safe after search effort.^[104]
• 23 May – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has condemned the deadly attack at the Manchester Arena. He said he was appalled by the barbaric and cowardly attack on innocent concertgoers there.^[105]
• 24 May – Proton and Geely signed an agreement that would see Geely take a 49.9% stake in Proton and a controlling stake in Lotus, the British sportscar maker, from Proton. Both parties have not finalised the price Geely would pay for the stake in Proton.^[106]
• 25 May – Two Malaysians are believed to be among 13 suspected Islamic State militants killed late Thursday in battles between the Philippines military and gunmen who have taken over Marawi City in Central Mindanao, Philippines since 23 May.^[107]
• 25 May – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak condemned the bomb attack at a bus terminal in Kampung Melayu, East Jakarta. "I am disgusted by last night's attack in Jakarta. Malaysians stand with the Indonesian people at this time," he said via his Twitter and Facebook accounts.^[108]
• 25 May – Official opening of the Klang Third Bridge crossed Klang River in Klang, Selangor.^[109]
• 26 May – Official opening of the Velodrome Nasional, the first indoor cycling track in Malaysia.^[110]
• 29 May – Malaysia Home Ministry issued a show-cause letter to MCA-owned English daily, The Star over its controversial front-page report headlined “Malaysian terrorist leader” above a picture of Muslims praying that published on 27 May.^[111]
• 30 May – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam :
  • The magistrate's court ordered the murder case of North Korean Kim Jong-nam to be transferred to the Shah Alam High Court.^[112]
• 31 May – Malaysia Airlines MH128 forcely aborted the flight after the alleged hijacking attempt and returned to Melbourne Airport shortly after take off. In the incident, a 25-year-old Sri Lankan national who was reportedly drunk, has fished out a large object, claiming it to be a bomb, and attempted to force himself into the plane's cockpit.^[113]
• 31 May – Official opening of the Pulau Sekati Bridge between Kuala Nerus and Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu.^[114]

June

• 1 June – RON95 will cost RM2.10, RON97 will sell at RM2.38, and diesel RM2.02 per litre starting from midnight.^[115]
• 1 June – The Kelantan State Assembly Speaker declared that the Nenggiri state legislative assembly seat is vacant. The seat was vacant after its incumbent Mat Yusoff Abdul Ghani became a bankrupt.^[116]
• 1 June – Seven tahfiz (religious) students were killed and seven others seriously injured when the van they were traveling in was involved in an accident in Jalan Kuala Krai-Kota Bharu in Kampung Telekong, Kuala Krai, Kelantan.^[117]
• 1 June – A University Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM) student died at the Serdang Hospital, Selangor after suspected there were bruises and scalding marks on his body because of torture. After that, 36 UPNM and University Tenaga Nasional students, aged between 20 and 21 years, have been detained by police in connection with the case. This incident sparks outrage to public.^[118]
• 2 June – Prime Minister, Najib Tun Razak announced through Twitter a Special Financial Assistance of RM500 to 1.6 million civil servants and RM250 special assistance will also be enjoyed by pensioners in preparation for Eid al-Fitr.^[119]
• 4 June – Prime Minister, Najib Razak condemned the terror attacks in central London where six people had been reported killed. "I am shocked and disgusted. Malaysia condemns such heinous acts and we stand with the people of Britain," Najib said in his latest tweet today. Meanwhile, Wisma Putra has confirmed that no Malaysians were reported involved in the incident and that the matter was being closely monitored.^[120]
• 6 June – The board of Felda Global Ventures Holdings Berhad (FGV), the world's third-largest palm plantation operator, suspended its chief executive and chief financial officer it investigates transactions at a subsidiary.^[121]
• 7 June – A Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission saying it will soon investigate several company officials for alleged corruption and abuse of power in the management crisis at Felda Global Ventures Holdings (FGV).^[122]
• 8 June – Nine Filipino militants involved in the 2013 Lahad Datu standoff were sentenced to death by the Court of Appeal.^[123]
• 8 June – Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University rankings for 2018 has released report of world university ranking showed five Malaysian universities have emerged among the world’s top 300 best universities.^[124]
• 9 June – A weak earthquake magnitude 3.3 richter scale shook Sandakan, Sabah early morning but no damages were reported.^[125]
• 9 June – Malaysian Islamic State (ISIS) fighter, identified as Mohd Nizam Ariffin has been killed in clashes with security forces in Mosul, Iraq.^[126]
• 9 June – 2016 Sebuyau helicopter crash
  • Transport ministry’s official report says the Filipino pilot of the helicopter which crashed in Sarawak, killing deputy minister Noriah Kasnon, was not familiar with the terrain and that weather conditions were very bad.^[127]
• 10 June – Prime Minister, Najib Tun Razak announced an incentive of RM500 for each Felda settler family to assist them in preparation Eid al-Fitr.^[128]
• 10 June – Liew Chin Tong Member of Parliament in Kluang and his entourage were chased away from a Ramadan bazaar in Kluang while distributing dates to the public. This incident caught by camera and cause outrage to public.^[129]
• 11 June – Police detained two men in Johor over an incident in 10 June which Member of Parliament in Kluang Liew Chin Tong was allegedly chased out of a Ramadan bazaar in Bandar Baru Kluang.^[130]
• 11 June – Singaporean fitness chain True Fitness announced the closure of all its gym and spa facilities in Malaysia because unprofitability and economic condition.^[131]
• 11 June – Eight people were killed, including six who were burnt in their vehicle when it burst into flames, in an accident involving four vehicles at KM25 Bahau-Keratong Road, Jempol District, Negeri Sembilan.^[132]
• 11 June – Malaysian swimmer Welson Sim made a record-breaking splash to win the men's 400m freestyle at the Mare Nostrum Tour in Monte Carlo, Monaco and beat the Olympics champion Mack Horton from Australia.^[133]
• 12 June – The Sarawak state government withdrawn the participation of its representative in Malaysia Tourism Board with immediate effect. The decision was made over the duplication of roles and functions between the state and federal government tourism boards.^[134]
• 12 June – The Malaysian ambassador to Chile, Datuk Dr Mohamad Rameez Yahaya and his family were robbed and threatened by a group of five men at his residence in Las Flores Avenue, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile.^[135]
• 13 June – Royal Malaysian Customs officers have foiled an attempt to smuggle 288kg of pangolin scales valued at RM3.69 million from Ghana to Malaysia.^[136]
• 13 June – Official opening Nasyrul Quran, the complex for the Quran printing in Putrajaya. This becomes second largest complex for Quran printing in the world after King Fahd Complex in Medina, Saudi Arabia.^[137]
• 14 June – An Indonesian cargo ship, KM Avatar, with 15 crew members on-board sank in the Straits of Malacca, 11 nautical miles from Tanjung Kling, Malacca. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has rescued 13 crew members at 10am, however, two more are still missing.^[138]
• 15 June – Two crew members of the cargo ship, KM Avatar who went missing after the ship sank off Tanjung Kling, Malacca on 14 June were found in morning, with one of them dead and the other alive.^[139]
• 15 June – Crash of Hawk 108 fighter jet
  • The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) confirmed it has lost contact with one of its aircraft, a Hawk 108 training fighter jet, north of Kuantan near the Terengganu-Pahang border. Plane had taken off from the Kuantan air force base at 11am and lost contact half an hour later at 11.30am.^[140]
  • After five hours missing, two pilots were found dead attached with parachute in a swamp forest in Chukai, Terengganu but aircraft still not found but believe have crashed in the swamp forest in Chukai.^[141]
  • Defence Minister, Hishammuddin Hussein has directed the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) to carry out a detailed investigation into the incident^[142]
  • Prime Minister, Najib Razak has conveyed his condolences to the families of the two pilots found dead.^[143]
• 15 June – Six Indonesian crew members are missing when an Equatorial Guinea-registered tanker vessel, MT Putri Sea sank 4.6 nautical miles from Pengerang, Johor at about 5am due to explosion in its engine room. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has launched a search and rescue operation has been activated to locate the missing ship crew members.^[144]
• 15 June – Six students from National Defense University of Malaysia (UPNM) was charged in the Magistrate's Court were alleged killing a Marine Cadet Officers student, Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain in 1 June.^[145]
• 15 June – T. Nhaveen, a bullied victim, who was seriously injured in an assault by a group of boys at Jalan Kaki Bukit in Bukit Gelugor, George Town, Penang last Saturday has passed away. He was believed to be sexually abused and suffered internal bleeding in his head and abdomen.^[146] Later, five of the suspects held over the death of T. Nhaveen has arrested to face investigations for murder.^[147] This sparks outrage to public, triggered national and international attention^[148] and debate about awareness of bullying in Malaysia since another bullied victim Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain death in 1 June.^[149]
• 16 June – Crash of Hawk 108 fighter jet
  • The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) search and rescue (SAR) team recovered the wreckage of the Hawk 108 advanced jet trainer that crash on 15 June at Kampung Yak Yah in Chukai, Terengganu.^[150]
  • The first body pilot Hawk 108 Major Mohd Hasri Zahari safely buried in Felda Lui Muda, Jempol, Negeri Sembilan meanwhile second body Major Yazmi Mohamed Yusof safely buried in Titiwangsa Muslims cemetery, Kuala Lumpur.^[151]
• 17 June – Hundreds of residents from Batu 12 to Batu 23, Hulu Langat, Selangor affected by floods following two-hour of torrential rain this afternoon. Thirty people has evacuated from affected area.^[152]
• 17 June – The Kuching High Court has ruled against the Sarawak state assembly's decision to disqualify Dr Ting Tiong Choon as Pujut legislative assemblyman^[153] and the Election Commission (EC) has decided there will not be any by-election for Pujut that expected held on 4 July, following the decision by the High Court.^[154]
• 18 June – The Royal Malaysian Navy found the wreck of the MT Putri Sea, which is believed to have sunk off Pengerang, Johor on 15 June following an explosion.^[155]
• 19 June – Crash of Hawk 108 fighter jet
  • Two ejection seats and several Hawk 108 pieces was found in operations near Yak Yah, Chukai, Terengganu.^[156]
  • The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) radar detector has the full recording of the Hawk 108 fighter jet crash right up to the final seconds.^[157]
• 19 June – World Quran Hour day has held throughout nationwide.^[158]
• 20 June – AirAsia has been named the World's Best Low-Cost Airline for the ninth time in a row meanwhile, AirAsia X, AirAsia's long-haul airline, has been named the World's Best Low-Cost Airline Premium Cabin and World's Best Low-Cost Airline Premium Seat awards for the fifth straight year at the 2017 Skytrax World Airline Awards.^[159]
• 21 June – Malaysian Cabinet established a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to investigate the billions of foreign exchange losses allegedly incurred by Bank Negara Malaysia nearly three decades ago.^[160]
• 22 June – Prime Minister, Najib Razak launched special court for child sexual crime to concern on combating sexual abuse against children and protecting them holistically.^[161]
• 22 June – The price of RON97 decrease to RM2.17 per litre, while RON95 will be RM1.91 per litre. Both are down by seven sen from last week. The price of diesel still same at RM1.88 per litre.^[162]
• 22 June – Malaysia hockey team successful defeated India in quarter-finals of the Hockey World League Semi-Finals to book place in 2018 Men Hockey World Cup.^[163]
• 24 June – NTV7, 8TV and TV9 began its 24-hour transmission.
• 24 June – Astro, national direct broadcast satellite introduced special Eid al-Fitr channel, Astro Raya HD for free to Astro B.yond and Astro NJOI subcribers for period of month starting 24 June until 24 July.^[164]
• 24 June – Prime Minister, Najib Razak condemned terrorist attack in Makkah, Saudi Arabia near Grand Mosque through Twitter post expressed his sympathies to the Saudi government and its people and the 11 victims who were injured in the incident, which included police officers.^[165]
• 25 June – AirAsia X flight D7237 with 359 passenger onboard bound for Kuala Lumpur from Perth, Australia returned to Perth Airport due to technical reasons.^[166]
• 26 June – Opening of Movie Animation Park Studios in Ipoh, Perak. This become first animation theme park in Asia.^[167]
• 27 June – Malindo Air flight from Dhaka, Bangladesh has forcely returned to Shahjalal International Airport due to a cracked windshield.^[168]
• 29 June – AirAsia marked history when AirAsia X flight D7001 make a first flight depart from Kuala Lumpur International Airport and landed at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, Honolulu, Hawaii at 12.30 pm Wednesday (local time).^[169]

July

Siemens Inspiro from MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line.

• 1 July – All payment card transactions conducted using locally issued payment cards at POS terminals in Malaysia can only be completed with a PIN entry. Signature verification will no longer be facilitated.^[170]
• 1 July – Sarawak rabies outbreak :
  • Three children including two siblings, in Serian district, Sarawak, have been confirmed infected with rabies after entering Sarawak General Hospital on 22 June.^[171]
  • The Sabah state government bans entry of all live animals from Sarawak over rabies outbreak.^[172]
• 1 July – The Immigration Department arrested 1,035 illegal immigrants and 16 employers throughout the country on the first day of a nationwide Op Mega after the deadline for registration of temporary Enforcement Card (E-Card) expired at 30 June.^[173]
• 1 July – 1000 villagers were left homeless when a massive fire swept through through the Kampung Hidayat squatter settlement in the east coast Tawau district, Sabah.^[174]
• 3 July – Sarawak rabies outbreak :
  • The Sarawak state government has approved RM100,000 to enable the immediate purchase rabies vaccines in the wake of the outbreak in the Serian District.^[175]
• 3 July – Shell has removed life-size promotional standee of a woman at all Shell retails stations throughout Malaysia with immediate effect. This follows the circulation of pictures of several individuals photographed engaging in distasteful and suggestive behaviour with the promotional standee in social media. This incidents sparks outrage to Malaysians.^[176]
• 4 July – Sarawak rabies outbreak :
  • Two of the three children rabies victims from Paon Village, Sungai Rimu, Serian District have succumbed to the disease since 22 June were pronounced dead respectively.^[177]
  • The Sarawak state government declared five villages in the Serian District, as areas with rabies infections.^[178]
• 4 July – The special criminal court handling cases involving child sexual victims that launched by Prime Minister, Najib Razak on 22 June makes its first inaugural sitting with five cases being heard.^[179]
• 5 July – Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash :
  • Joint Investigating Team (JIT) namely the Malaysia, Netherlands, Belgium, Ukraine and Australia agreed that the prosecution against those responsible for the shooting of the Malaysia Airlines flight 17 in Ukraine was carried out in the Netherlands.^[180]
• 9 July – Malaysia won 20 gold medals in the 21st World Championships of Performing Arts (WCOPA) that was held in the Long Beach, California, United States.^[181]
• 9 July – Prime Minister, Najib Razak said a permanent structure for the King Salman Centre for International Peace (KSCIP) will be built on a 16 hectar piece of land in Putrajaya.^[182]
• 10 July – Mohamad Thaqif Amin Mohd Gaddafi, a tahfiz (religious) students dies on April 26 because suspected beating by warden that sparks outrage to public has found died of a disease and not of the alleged beatings against him.^[183]
• 10 July – Four people were crushed to death when the van they were in collided with a tanker in Lahad Datu, Sabah.^[184]
• 11 July – Sarawak rabies outbreak :
  • A fourth case of rabies confirm detected in Ampungan Village, Serian District involving a five-year-old girl with a dog-bitten history on May 27 at Saroban Village, Serian District located within a 10km radius from the village where the third case rabies reported.^[185]
  • Police made raid and arrested a 54-year-old man, following allegations that he sold dog meat at his food stall which is located on the ground floor of a row of wooden houses at Sibu, Sarawak.^[186]
• 12 July – The Kelantan state government has approved public caning with an amendment to the Kelantan Sharia Criminal Procedure Enactment 2002.^[187]
• 12 July – Sarawak rabies outbreak :
  • The Sarawak state government has declared Saroban Village, Serian District as sixth rabies-infected area.^[188]
• 12 July – Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash :
  • About 90 of the victims’ family members attended a commemoration to mark the anniversary of the disaster, hosted by the Malaysian transport minister, Liow Tiong Lai at Putrajaya.^[189]
• 13 July – Sarawak rabies outbreak :
  • The third rabies victim from Labor Village, Serian succumbed to the disease has passed away.^[190]
  • A six-year-old boy was admitted to the Melaka Hospital with suspected rabies after just getting back from Sarawak and awaiting test results to determine whether or not he has been infected by the virus.^[191]
  • The Sarawak state government has declared Tangga Village in Serian as rabies-infected area.^[192]
• 13 July – Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 crash :
  • Seychelles reported the discovery of two pieces of debris that seemed to be from an aircraft washed up on Farqhar and said it had notified Malaysia.^[193]
• 13 July – The Prime Minister’s Department announced official date for the birthday celebration of Yang di-Pertuan Agong XV Sultan Muhammad V has been set on September 9.^[194]
• 14 July – Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 crash :
  • The two pieces of debris found in Seychelles at July 13 are not from MH370.^[195]
• 15 July – Malaysian Statistics Department has recorded Malaysian population this year is estimated at 32 million, comprising 28.7 million citizens while the rest are non-citizens.^[196]
• 15 July – Malaysian Paralympics shot put athlete, Ziyad Zolkefli won a gold medal and set new world records at World Para Athletics Championships in London, England, United Kingdom.^[197]
• 16 July – Malaysian Paralympics men's long jump T20 (learning disability) athlete, Latif Romly, became second athlete won a gold medal at World Para Athletics Championships in London, England, United Kingdom.^[198]
• 16 July – Government of Malaysia strongly condemns Israel's closure of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Prime Minister, Najib Razak said at Twitter account, "Malaysia strongly condemn Israel's closure of the Al-Aqsa mosque and denying the rights of the Muslims to perform Friday prayers".^[199]
• 17 July – The third anniversary of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash^[200]
• 17 July – Official opening of the Phase 2 of the MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line from Semantan to Kajang.^[201]
• 17 July – Sarawak rabies outbreak :
  • A fourth victim, five-year-old girl succumbed to the rabies disease since July 11 has passed away.^[202]
• 18 July – Sarawak rabies outbreak :
  • Matang, Perak declared a rabies outbreak area comes after two girls were bitten on July 4 by an infected pet dog in Kuala Sepetang, Perak before it died eight days later.^[203]
  • The Sarawak state government declared three more areas as rabies-infected is Siburan Bazaar and Kampung Temong Mura in Serian and Rumah Janta Punggu Mawang in Sri Aman.^[204]
  • A 52-year-old man from Remun Village become the fifth victim of rabies-infected in Serian district, Sarawak. He become first adult rabies victim.^[205]
• 18 July – Khairul Hafiz Jantan, Malaysian Sprinter has breaks 49-year-old record of 20.90 set by Tan Sri Dr M. Jegathesan with 20.92 seconds to break the men's 200m national record at the Malaysian Open Athletics Championships at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur.^[206]
• 18 July – Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak launched the Putrajaya Islamic Complex that placed over 11 Islamic government agencies and several other private Islamic groups.^[207]
• 18 July – Malaysian government has get consent by Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Muhammad V to approved formation of a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to investigate the foreign exchange (forex) losses suffered by Bank Negara Malaysia in the 1990s.^[208]
• 19 July – Sarawak rabies outbreak :
  • Penang state government bans entry all dogs from Sarawak and Perak.^[209]
• 19 July – Ministry of Communications and Multimedia banned Spanish hit song “Despacito” singing by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi featuring rapper Daddy Yankee from the government-owned Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) television and radio channels with immediate effect, following complaints of sexually charged lyrics.^[210]
• 20 July – National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur nominated at the World Architecture Festival 2017 which will be held in November at Arena Berlin, Germany.^[211]
• 20 July – Malaysian diver, Cheong Jun Hoong created history after becoming the first ever Malaysian athlete to secure the gold medal at the International Swimming Federation (Fina) World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.^[212]Meanwhile, Prime Minister, Najib Tun Razak and Deputy Prime Minister, Zahid Hamidi congratulated to national diver Cheong Jun Hoong through post tweet at Twitter.^[213]
• 22 July – Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) impose a penalty 18 months ban on Dollah Salleh, Pahang football team coach for criticising the referee following his team's 2-1 defeat to Felda United on July 1 and also a fine of RM 30,000 due to disparaging remarks in the Malaysia Super League (MSL) match.^[214]
• 22 July – Malaysian paralympic sprinter, Ridzuan Puzi won a silver medal in the men's T36 100m final at the World Para Athletics Championships in London, England, United Kingdom.^[215]
• 22 July – UMP To Become First University To Offer Railway Technology Studies.^[216]
• 23 July – Prime Minister, Najib Razak announced six incentives for Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) settlers throughout Malaysia.^[217]
• 23 July – Malaysia U23 national football team qualify for AFC U23 Championship after defeating Mongolia 3-0 in Bangkok, Thailand.^[218]
• 23 July – Sarawak rabies outbreak :
  • Sarawak declared two more areas as rabies-infected disease area is Entubuh Village, Tebedu and Batu 5, Semeba Road in Kuching.^[219]
  • A fifth rabies victims, a 52-year-old man from Remun village in Serian district, Sarawak succumbed to the disease has passed away.^[220]
• 24 July – Malaysian-born Diana Chan crowned as winner in 2017 MasterChef Australia and walked away with AUD$250,000 (RM 848,642) in prize money, a trophy plus a monthly food column in Delicious magazine.^[221]
• 25 July – Sarawak rabies outbreak :
  • Sarawak declared wet market at Sungai Maong and Serikin Village in Bau as rabies-infected area.^[222]
• 26 July – Tourism tax will not be impose to Malaysians and only will be impose to foreigners.^[223]
• 26 July – Ministry of Finance estimated net worth of unclaimed monies in Malaysia is RM 5.7 billion since 1977 until 30 June 2017.^[224]
• 26 July – Former Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) vice-president, S. Balakrishnan and his son Ashok Kumar was charged at the Malacca Sessions Court with submitting false claims of nearly RM 13 million to the Drainage and Irrigation Department for river restoration works in Malacca five years ago.^[225]
• 26 July – Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has awarded Malaysia as the next host of the AFC U-16 Championship which will be held in 2018 between 20 September and 7 October.^[226]
• 27 July – RON 95 increase by RM2.03 per litre, while RON 97 increase by RM2.28 per litre. Both price increases by six sen. Diesel prices increase by three sen to RM1.99 per litre.^[227]
• 27 July – Dewan Rakyat has passed amendments Land Public Transport Act 2010 and the Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board Act 1987 step to legalising e-hailing services such as Uber and Grab.^[228]
• 28 July – Singaporean-born singer, Aliff Aziz was arrested by police for allegedly injuring his wife, Bella Astillah, who had just 20 days to give birth a baby boy after occurred a fight in a karaoke center in Taman Shamelin, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur.^[229]
• 28 July – Greenpeace launched its first office in Malaysia located at Jalan Tun Sambathan, Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur.^[230]
• 29 July – Government of Malaysia condemned the missile attack on Mecca launched by Shia Houthi and hopes that the perpetrators will be brought to justice.^[231]
• 29 July – Deputy Prime Minister, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi ordered the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism to end the contract of the operator of the 1Malaysia People’s Shop (KR1M), because operator were found to sell goods higher than the market price.^[232]
• 29 July – Singaporean-born singer, Aliff Aziz who was detained on Friday for allegedly assaulting his wife Bella Astillah at a karaoke centre is set to be released on bail.^[233]
• 30 July – Leong Jun Hao, badminton junior player make history when winning men's singles title at the Badminton Asian Junior Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia.^[234] Prime Minister, Najib Razak congratulated Leong Jun Hao for winning.^[235]
• 31 July – Prime Minister, Najib Razak announced five new schemes for Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) veterans and RM5 million for warriors' fund.^[236]
• 31 July – A former CEO of Felda Investment Corporation Sdn Bhd (FIC) was arrested by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to allow investigations into FIC's purchase of a high-end property in Kensington, London, between year 2013 and 2015, for a total of £60 million (RM330 million).^[237]
• 31 July – Official opening of hotel resort Lexis Hibiscus, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan.^[238] This hotel resort one of the largest number of swimming pools in the world.^[63]

August

• 1 August – The tourism tax which is set to see rates fixed and charged on a per-room, per-night basis, with the amount subject to the rating of the hotel for a night's stay will be enforced. Initially, tourism tax went to be enforced in July 1 but deferred to August 1 because of dispute between Sarawak and Sabah State Government and Minister of Tourism and Culture, Nazri Aziz.^{[239][240][241]}
• 1 August – Official opening of the Abu Bakar Maritime Base in Middle Rocks near dispute area with Singapore in Pedra Branca.^[242]
• 3 August – RON 97 petrol price increase 4 sen to RM2.32 per liter, RON 95 increase 4 sen to RM2.07 per liter while diesel increase 6 sen to RM2.05.^[243]
• 4 August – Penang state goverment signs corruption-free pledge with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in a ceremony at Komtar, Georgetown, Penang. Penang become 11th state sign corruption-free pledge, only left Selangor and Kelantan doesn't sign it.^[244]
• 5 August – Malaysian popular singer, Yunalis Zarai officially safe engaged with local director, Adam Sinclair in private ceremony at Shah Alam, Selangor.^[245]
• 6 August – Chief Minister of Sarawak, Datuk Abang Johari Openg officially announced the formation of the Sarawak wholly owned oil and gas company, Petros company.^[246]
• 7 August – Raline Shah, Indonesian actress appointed by CEO and founder AirAsia Group, Tony Fernandes as director of Indonesia AirAsia.^[247]
• 8 - 9 August – United States Secretary of States, Rex Tillerson made visit to Malaysia and meet Prime Minister, Najib Razak and Deputy Prime Minister, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.^[248][249]
• 8 August – Beginning the first session of the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on the foreign exchange (forex) losses suffered by Bank Negara Malaysia in the 1990s.^[250]
• 8 August – ASEAN celebrate its 50th (Golden Jubilee) anniversary of foundation.^[251]
• 8 August – Sarawak rabies outbreak :
  • A seven-year-old boy from Kuala Village, Gedong, Samarahan, Sarawak identified as the sixth human rabies-infected disease^[252]
• 8 August – Official opening of the Malaysian International Trade and Exhibition Centre (MITEC).^[253][254]
• 9 August – Sarawak rabies outbreak :
  • Sarawak declared Kula Village, Serian District as rabies-infected area.^[255]
• 9 August – Groundbreaking ceremony East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project by Prime Minister, Najib Razak.^[256]
• 10 August – Dewan Rakyat passed 3 bills act namely Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) (Amendment) Bill 2017,  Prevention of Crime Act (Amendment) Bill 2017 and Malaysia Border Control Agency (AKSEM) Bill 2017.^{[257][258][259]}
• 19 August – Opening ceremony of the 2017 Southeast Asian Games.
• 30 August – Closing ceremony of the 2017 Southeast Asian Games.
• 31 August – Malaysia will celebrate its 60th Diamond Jubliee of the independence.

Upcoming events

• 1 September – Bahasa Malaysia (Malay Language) will celebrate its 50th anniversary (Golden Jubilee) of the National Language of Malaysia.
• 17 September – Opening ceremony of the 2017 ASEAN Para Games.
• 23 September – Closing ceremony of the 2017 ASEAN Para Games.
• 3 October – The 10th anniversary of the first Malaysian angkasawan (astronaut), Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor to the International Space Station (ISS).
• Late 2017 – Opening of the 20th Century Fox World theme park at Genting Highlands, Pahang.
• Late 2017 – Opening of the IKEA Malaysia's third store in Desa Tebrau, Johor Bahru, Johor.
• 1 December – The sale of alcoholic beverages are restricted to non-Muslim above 21 years of age from the current 18.^[260]
• 31 December – Visit ASEAN Year 2017 will officially end.^[1]

National Day and Malaysia Day

National Day theme

Negaraku, Sehati Sejiwa (My Country, Single Minded)

National Day parade

Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia Day celebration

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Sports

• 22 February – 1 March – 2017 Tour de Langkawi
• 20 January – 20 October – 2017 Malaysia Premier League
• 20 January – 21 October – 2017 Malaysia Super League
• 5 February – 20 May – 2017 Malaysia FA cup
• 4 July – 28 October – 2017 Malaysia Cup
• 19–30 August – 2017 Southeast Asian Games
• 17–23 September – 2017 ASEAN Para Games
• TBA – 2017 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix
• TBA – 2017 Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix

Deaths

• 11 January – Y.A.B. Tan Sri Adenan Satem – Chief Minister of Sarawak
• 17 January – Kamarol Zaki Abdul Malik - Member of state legislative assemblies (ADUN) in Sungai Air Tawar
• 18 January – Abdul Manan Othman - UMNO politician
• 28 February – Ary Malik - Actress, singer, host, and also a former participant in MasterChef Malaysia Show 2012
• 1 March – Tan Sri Jins Shamsuddin - Malaysian actor, director and politician
• 2 March – Sheikh Mahadi Ahmad Baladram @ Pak Cik Jalud - Malaysian first 'Ventriloquist'
• 2 March – Wong Soon Kai - Former Deputy Chief Minister of Sarawak and former SUPP president.
• 24 March – Johan Nawawi - Composer, music producer, husband of Malaysian singer Nora Ariffin
• 2 May – A. Rahman Rosly - Former sports commentator and former Minister of Sports Terengganu
• 1 June – Soeprihati Sikom - Former president of the Malaysia Junior Artists Welfare Association
• 3 June – Rehman Rashid - Writer and journalist
• 4 June – Satish Rao - Actor
• 8 June – Tengku Puteri Sofiah - Sister to 9th Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah
• 9 June – Raja Ahmad Zainuddin - Former vice president of Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), former member of parliament in Larut and member of state legislative assemblies (ADUN) in Kubu Gajah
• 2 July – Daud Abdul Rahman - Former Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Office (Islamic Affairs) and member of state legislative assemblies (ADUN) in Tupong
• 6 July – Osman Zailani - Actor
• 14 July –Mohd Ali Hassan - Former speaker of Johor state legislative assemblies
• 19 July – Ishak Ismail - Member of state legislative assemblies (ADUN) in Lenggeng.
• 30 July – Wan Abu Bakar Wan Omar - Former Director of Defense Intelligence of Malaysian Armed Forces
• 8 August – Suleiman Mohd Noor - Father of Football Johor.
• 9 August – Kerk Kim Hock - Politician and former secretary of general Democratic Action Party (DAP)

See also

• 2017
• History of Malaysia

References