2005 in Malaysia

Template:Short description Template:Year in Malaysia This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 2005, together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians.

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Severe haze affecting Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in August 2005

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Ariffin Mohamed known as Ayah Pin standing in front of the large teapot and the vase in the Sky Kingdom compound prior to its demolition on 1 August.

Incumbent political figures

Federal level

• Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin
• Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tuanku Fauziah
• Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
• Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Najib Tun Razak (to 7 January)
• Chief Justice: Ahmad Fairuz Abdul Halim

State level

• Template:Flagicon Sultan of Johor: Sultan Iskandar
• Template:Flagicon Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
• Template:Flagicon Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Ismail Petra
• Template:Flagicon Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Faizuddin (Regent)
• Template:Flagicon Sultan of Perak: Sultan Azlan Shah
• Template:Flagicon Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Ahmad Shah
• Template:Flagicon Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah
• Template:Flagicon Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
• Template:Flagicon Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Jaafar
• Template:Flagicon Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang: Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas
• Template:Flagicon Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Mohd Khalid Yaakob
• Template:Flagicon Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin
• Template:Flagicon Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Ahmad Shah Abdullah

Events

• 1 January – THR Raaga and Gegar was officially inaugurated by Astro and was on air over 16 states of Malaysia.
• 15 February – The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) (Malaysian Coast Guard) was founded.
• 9 March – A student from Johor Bahru, Johor, Nur Amalina Che Bakri scored a record 17A1s in the 2004 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examinations.
• 1 April – Siti Nurhaliza held a concert in Royal Albert Hall, London for the first time.
• 18 May – On Teacher's Day, a seven-year-old girl from Sekolah Rendah Agama Rantau Panjang religious school Nur Salina Saparedi was hit by a lorry while she was crossing the road at North Klang Straits Bypass in Klang, Selangor.
• 20 May – Miri was granted city status and became the second city of Sarawak, after state capital Kuching.
• June – A fault in the transmission line of the National Grid near Serendah, Selangor caused a blackout in northern Peninsular Malaysia.
• June – Malaysian squash player Nicol David captured the World Open title in Hong Kong and become the World No.1 in woman's squash. She was the first Asian woman to be ranked World No. 1 in the sport.
• July – Dr Judson Sakai anak Tagal, the Sarawak state assemblyman for Ba'kelalan, was killed in a helicopter crash in Ba'kelalan, Sarawak.
• 10 July – The NKVE-Jalan Meru flyover (now Setia Alam Interchange) collapsed onto the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE), killing two Bangladeshi workers and injuring seven others.
• 18 July – A group of masked vigilantes attacked the Sky Kingdom's headquarters, smashing windows and torching buildings. Two days later, 58 followers of the Sky Kingdom sect were arrested, and on 31 July three of Ariffin Mohamed known as Ayah Pin's four wives were also arrested in Kelantan. Ariffin, the leader of the sect escaped arrest and remains at large as a fugitive wanted by the Malaysian authorities. Forty-five members faced charges of failing to observe the government fatwa (i.e. for continuing to be members of a sect declared as deviant), which carried a fine up to RM 3,000 or two years in prison. One of those arrested faced an additional charge of "humiliating Islam" (for claiming not to be a Muslim).
• 1 August – Officials of the Besut Land Office demolished Sky Kingdom's various buildings, citing Section 129 of the National Land Code (which punishes unauthorised construction with land confiscation).
• 3 August – Mawi won the Akademi Fantasia Season 3 and became one of the top Malaysian male singers.
• 9 August – Rakan Cop, the Malaysian community police was launched.
• 10 August – The National Biofuel Policy was introduced.
• 11 August – Haze: A state of emergency was declared in Kuala Selangor and Port Klang.
• 27 August – Selangor was declared as the first developed state in Malaysia.
• 5 September – A Malaysian named Ti Teow Chuan from Sabah was among the passengers who died on Mandala Airlines Flight 91 that crashed into a heavily populated residential area in Medan, Indonesia, killing 149 including 49 people in the ground.
• 1 October – Kota Bharu, capital of Kelantan state, was declared the first Islamic city in Malaysia.
• 20 October – Endon Mahmood, wife of the incumbent Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi died. Her body was laid to rest at the Muslim cemetery in Taman Selatan, Precinct 20, Putrajaya.
• 9 November – Azahari Husin, a Malaysian national and Islamic terrorist was killed in a police raid on his hideout in Indonesia.
• 29 November – First Monsoon Cup international regatta held in Terengganu.
• 6 December – Federal governing coalition Barisan Nasional won the Pengkalan Pasir by-election in Kelantan.
• 14 December – The 11th ASEAN Summit and East Asian Summit were held in Kuala Lumpur.

Births

• 23 August – Brenda Anellia Larry – Swimmer

Deaths

• 17 October – Sidek Abdullah Kamar – Father of former Malaysian national badminton players
• 13 November – Tan Sri Dr. Tan Chin Tuan – Former OCBC Bank (Malaysia) chairman (1966–1983)
• 29 December – Tan Sri Dr Noordin Sopiee – Executive Chairman of the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS)

See also

• 2005
• 2004 in Malaysia | 2006 in Malaysia
• History of Malaysia
• List of Malaysian films of 2005