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Malaysia Fast Facts – World Latest News Headlines

August 16, 2021
Bharat Times English News

Capital: Kuala Lumpur

Ethnic Group: Malay and indigenous 62%, Chinese 20.6%, Indian 6.2%, other 0.9%, non-citizen 10.3% (2017 estimated)

Religion: Muslim 61.3%, Buddhist 19.8%, Christian 9.2%, Hindu 6.3%, Confucianism, Taoism and other traditional Chinese religions 1.3%, other or unspecified 1.4%, none 0.8% (2010 est.)

Unemployment: 3.3% (2019 Estimated)

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Malaysia is made up of two non-contiguous regions: West Malaysia on the Malay Peninsula, which includes 11 states, and East Malaysia, on the island of Borneo, which includes two states.

political alliance Barisan Nacional was in power for more than 50 years, but was defeated by a coalition of opposition parties led by the former leader. Mahathir Mohammed. To connect with Facebook sign up with the Facebook logo in 2018.
Leader of the Opposition Anwar Ibrahim has drawn media attention over the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. The pilot was a distant relative and supporter of Zahari Ahmed Shah Anwar.

Since Malaysia’s independence in 1957, the sultan who is the hereditary monarch in nine of the country’s 13 states has elected one of them as king for a five-year term. The role of the king in Malaysia is largely ceremonial, and the power to govern rests with the federal parliament and the prime minister.

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1942-1945 – During second World War, is annexed by the British protectorate Malaya and Borneo Japan.

1946 – The Malay Federation is established and originally consisted of 11 states.

1948 – The Federation of Malaysia becomes the Federation of Malaya.

1957 – The Federation of Malaya became independent from Great Britain.

September 16, 1963 – Malaysia is established and consists of the Federation of Malaya, Singapore and the Sarawak and Sabah Colonies.

17 September 1963 – The Philippines severed diplomatic relations with Malaysia due to disagreements over territory in Sabah.

23 April 1964 – The Malaysian Defense Ministry reports that Indonesian terrorists and guerrillas were behind the deaths of nearly three dozen Malaysians between September and March.

May 1964 – The Philippines and Malaysia resumed diplomatic relations with consular missions in Manila and Kuala Lumpur.

19 November 1964 – Malaysia has banned Indonesian ships and aircraft carrying arms and ammunition from its airfields and ports.

August 1965 – Singapore broke away from the Malaysian federation.

July 1981 – Mahathir became Malaysia’s fourth Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior and Minister of Justice.

2009 – Prime Minister Najib Razak took office. He is the son and nephew of former prime ministers.

18 July 2011 – After a meeting between Najeeb and Pope Benedict XVIMalaysia has become the 179th country to establish official diplomatic relations with? Vatican.

11 April 2012 – The paramount ruler Tunku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah took over as the head of state.

January 2014 – After a protracted court battle that began in 1998, Anwar, the opposition leader and former deputy prime minister and finance minister, was acquitted of sexual abuse charges.

March 2014 – Following an appeal by the government to acquit Anwar, A high court overturned the verdict and sentenced him to five years in prison.
8 March 2014 – Malaysian Airlines Flight 370When traveling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, the airspace over the Gulf of Thailand disappears from radar.
15 March 2014 – Najib announced She Flight 370 overturned due to deliberate action.
17 July 2014 – Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in the east Ukraine After the completion Shot down with a surface-to-air missile. All 298 people on board have died.
10 February 2015 – Anwar’s sentence for sexual abuse has been upheld in Malaysia’s federal court.
8 March 2016 – Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Zahid Hamidi announced in Parliament that Malaysian officials foil ISIS plot to kidnap Prime Minister Najibo, along with two other ranking officers in January.
November 19, 2016 – thousands People have taken to the streets in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Najib. Public dissatisfaction with Najib has grown, especially following news reports on the alleged financial mismanagement of the government-run fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

December 2016 – Mohammed V was sworn in as the 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong as the head of state of Malaysia. Before that, he ruled as the Sultan of Kelantan province for six years.

January 17, 2017 – Searching for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has been suspended.

9 May 2018 – former Prime Minister Mahathir, who ruled from 1981 to 2003, won 121 seats in the country’s parliament, enough to form a simple majority and take control of the house.

10 May 2018 – 92-year-old Mahathir takes oath as Prime Minister.
15 May 2018 – King Muhammad V Grant Anwar a sorry For your sodomy conviction. Anwar was originally sentenced to five years in prison and was set for release in June 2018.
24 May 2018 – Investigators announce that the Buk missile that shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 It was fired from the launcher of Russia’s 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade. The Russian Defense Ministry denies that any air defense missile system has ever crossed the Russia-Ukraine border.
6 January 2019 – King Muhammad V announced his abdication, after serving two years of his five-year term. This is the first time in modern history that Malaysia’s constitutional leader has stepped down.

30 July 2019 – Al-Sultan Abdullah Riyatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah was sworn in as the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

6 September 2019 – Penang’s ESCAPE theme park unveiled the world’s longest tube waterslide.
January 20, 2020 – Malaysia’s Environment Minister, Yeo Bi Yin, announced that she has ordered 3,736 metric tons of waste to be returned to 13 countries. Of the 150 containers, 43 are sent back to France and 42 to the United Kingdom, while the United States will receive 17 and Canada 11.
February 24, 2020 – Mahathir resigns as prime minister

February 29, 2020 Muhyiddin Yasin has been made the Prime Minister.

July 28, 2020 – Najeeb has been found guilty of seven charges related to the 1MDB scam, in which billions of dollars of taxpayer money was funneled and embezzled from Malaysia.
October 13, 2020 – Submits supporting documents His “strong and resolute” parliamentary support for government formation.

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