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3 December – Official opening of Pavilion Bukit Jalil in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur by Malton Group, which had also constructed the Pavilion Kuala Lumpur. [151] 7 December – The Court of Appeal has sternly reminded former prime minister Najib Razak that it is a court of law and not a coffee shop. [152] 8 December
9 January – A train did not stop at Kuala Gris station in Kuala Krai, causing 100 SMK Dabong students to miss school. [4] 10 January – Former prime minister Najib Razak will not be taking the stand as a defence witness in his wife Rosmah Mansor’s corruption trial linked to the RM1.25 billion solar hybrid energy project. [5]
The Battle of Kuala Lumpur was a battle between Japanese invasion forces and the British forces in Kuala Lumpur, in the then capital of the Federated Malay States, a British protectorate. Starting in late December Japanese began bombing the city;ground forces reached the city by 11 January 1942.
On 11 January 2021, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced that Movement Control Order restrictions would be re-introduced to the states of Malacca, Johor, Penang, Selangor, Sabah and the federal territories of Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, and Labuan between 13 until 26 January 2021. It was dubbed as MCO 2.0 widely.
The global COVID-19 pandemic spread to Malaysia in late January 2020. The first major local outbreak occurred at a Tablighi Jamaat religious event in Kuala Lumpur in late February 2020. [44] [45] As the pandemic emerged as a global crisis by March 2020, including in Malaysia, it has had major economic, social and political impacts. [9] [46]
January 26 – Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar is appointed the 8th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak with immediate effect and conferred the title 'Tun'. January 28 – Crown Prince of Johor Tunku Ismail Idris is proclaimed the Regent of Johor. January 31 – Sultan of Johor Ibrahim Iskandar ascends to the throne as the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong. [4]
1 January – Visit Terengganu Year 1997 officially began. 1 January – Compulsory self-service at petrol stations in Klang Valley came into operation for the first time. 3 January – The Proton Putra, Malaysia's first coupé car was launched. 10 January – Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) was established.
2 January – The 40-year-old Crowne Plaza Mutiara Hotel, Kuala Lumpur is officially closed to make way for a new development. 3 January – Landslides and mudflows occurred at Putra Heights, Selangor. 3 January – Kanang anak Langkau, an Iban soldier and hero during Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–89), dies.