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24 February – Malaysia's world smallest microchip with radio technology is
launched.
27 February – The KLCI fell
35.79 points from a high of 1272.87 after global market suffered
losses amid fears of capital control. The index continued to plunge
72.40 points for the next three days, to 1,164.68 points, as of 2
March. The index regained its lost points in April 2007.
2 April – Firefly, the
second low cost carrier company has begin operations.
4 April - A bomb hoax found at the Penang Bridge caused the bridge to close
for more than two hours (from 4:30 pm) and reopened to traffic at
7:00 pm after a bomb disposal squad declared it safe.
3 August - At midnight, the Malaysiaku Gemilang theme song was
heard nationwide on all radio and television stations.
August – The Merdeka Stadium was officially classed by
the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage (KeKKWa) as a national
heritage and historical building.
11 August – The completion of upgrading works on the North-South
Expressway, including:-
27 September - The Kajang-Seremban
Highway bridge at Semenyih interchange collapsed onto the
Kajang-Semenyih road.
28 September - State and federal officers raided a shop in
Section 7, Shah Alam, where they arrested four men and one woman
between the ages of 27 and 35 in connection with the murder of Nurin Jazlin Jazimin. The woman was
released after questioning, while the men were remanded to police
custody for seven days.
October
1 October – Civil defence (991) and fire department (994) phone
number are now combined to 999 emergency phone
number.
31 October - Royal
Commission of Inquiry into the Lingam Video Clip is formed to
investigate into an allegation of illegal intervention into the
judicial appointment process of Malaysian judges purportedly
occurred in 2002.
11 December – Seven people were killed and 28 were injured in a
collision between an express bus and a latex tanker at the Jelapang toll plaza in Ipoh, Perak.
13 December – Five HINDRAF leaders including V. Ganabathirau
(chief leader) were arrested under the Internal Security Act
(ISA)
Malaysia was only formed on
September 16, 1963. Prior to that date, Peninsular Malaysia was
known as Malaya when it was a British protectorate before
independence.
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