The abolishment toll collection in Federal Highway (Batu Tiga and Sungai Rasau), Selangor , Bukit Kayu Hitam, Kedah and on the Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway, Johor.[1][2]
Segamat has been upgraded to Municipal Council status since 1 January 2018 at Dataran Segamat.[3]
The nation's oldest shopping center, Ampang Park is officially closed.[4]
Astro Radio drops the "FM" suffix for all 11 radio stations as part of its re-branding.[5]
3 January
Four Singaporeans including a child were an Indonesian rebels killed, while five others were injured in the accident involving five vehicles at the junction of Jalan Lukut-Sepang Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan.
5 January
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 crash:
Malaysia agreed with United States exploration firm, Ocean Infinity to resume the hunt for missing flight MH370.[6]
6 January
Mah Siew Keong who is also Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister had reportedly made several mistakes in a few lines leaving the audience amused during a joint rally with MCA. His speech has been edited into a viral video.[7]
7 January
14th Malaysian general election (GE14) :
Pakatan Harapan has chosen former Prime Minister and coalition chairman, Mahathir Mohamad, and coalition president, Wan Azizah, as their candidate for the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister post respectively for the upcoming General Election.
Former Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad not allowed by prison authorities to visit People's Justice Party (PKR) chief Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in .[9]
11 January
An actor and film director, Farid Kamil was arrested for allegedly assaulting a traffic policeman and a civilian at the Kota Damansara police station. He also tested positive for marijuana.[10]
16 January
Malaysia and Singapore signed bilateral agreement on Rapid Transit System (RTS) rail track linking Johor Bahru and Woodlands in Singapore which is expected to commence in 2024.[11]
25 January
Prime Minister, Najib Razak make a two-day official visit to India to attend the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit and meet his counterpart Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi.[12]
27 January
50,000 Muslims gathered to pray for the Palestine's well-being and liberation of Palestine from Zionist tyranny near Palace of Justice, Putrajaya.[13]
29 January
Malaysian netizen criticize and make jokes over the new logo of the campaign after it was presented at the launch of a promotion in Chiang Mai, Thailand.[14]Minister of Tourism and Culture, Nazri Aziz defend the logo and says criticism is normal, cannot get the consensus of the whole of Malaysia.[15]
Malaysia is set to become first country outside China after Alibaba introduce City Brain an artificial intelligence system in Kuala Lumpur to combat traffic congestion after an agreement between Alibaba and Kuala Lumpur City Hall.[16]
370 individuals were conferred honorary orders, stars and medals in conjunction with the Federal Territory Day.[18]
Five individuals including two Nepali nationals, aged between 19 and 62 were rushed to Penang General Hospital after experiencing weakness, fatigue and unconsciousness as a result of consuming a kind of durian-flavoured premix coffee believed to have mixed with drug.[19]
9–25 February
Malaysia made its debut at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea with an Alpine skier and a figure skater.
13 February
An Employees Provident Fund (EPF) building in Jalan Gasing, Petaling Jaya was nearly destroyed by a fire at 12 noon.[20][21]
March[]
Date
Event
21 March
Sand-dredging vessel JBB Rong Chang 8 is reported to have capsized off Malaysia's southern state of Johor in the waters of Parit Jawa, Muar in which 14 crewmen were missing. Two crewmen were rescued barely alive from the engine room of the vessel by the Civil Defence personnel 50 hours after being trapped in the vessel.[22][23][24]
April[]
Date
Event
3 April
The Malaysian government recognised the Malaysian Deaf Sports Association as the sole national federation to deal with the deaf sports after passing the amendment of National Sports Development Act which got approved in the parliament. The minister of Ministry of Youth and Sports, Khairy Jamaluddin presented the amendment of the National Sports Development Act to the parliament which was approved on 3 April 2018.[25]
4–15 April
2018 Commonwealth Games :
Malaysia participated at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast in Australia ,sending 177 athletes to compete in 16 sports. The contingent won 7 golds, 5 silvers and 12 bronzes at the international event.
7 April
14th Malaysian general election (GE14) :
The 13th session of the Parliament of Malaysia was dissolved to make way for the 14th general election.[26]
28 April
14th Malaysian general election (GE14) :
Candidate nominations for Parliament seats and state assembly seats were held on this day.
May[]
14th Malaysian general election (GE14) :
9 May—The 14th general election was held on this day. For the first time in the country's history, the Barisan Nasional coalition was defeated by the opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan, only winning 79 seats against Pakatan Harapan's 121. The Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party won 18 seats while independents won 3 seats. Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, who led Pakatan Harapan to victory, manage to defeat his protege Najib Razak,
10 May -- Mahathir Mohamad is sworn in as the seventh Prime Minister of Malaysia at 2130 hours (GMT+8), as he becomes the world's oldest elected state leader at the age of 92.[27] This marks his return to the position after holding the post previously for 22 years, from 1981 to 2003.
12 May --
A Council of Eminent Persons is formed as government's advisory board, board members are
Tun Daim Zainuddin, former Finance Minister of Malaysia
Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz, former Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM)
Tan Sri Hassan Marican, former president and CEO of Petronas
Robert Kuok, Hong-Kong based Malaysian billionaire tycoon
Professor Jomo Kwame Sundaram, prominent economist
Lim Guan Eng, Muhyiddin Yassin, and Mohamad Sabu are named for three top cabinet posts
Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak and wife Rosmah Mansor are barred from leaving the country
Najib resigns as UMNO and BN chief
13 May --
Mahathir instructs Inland Revenue Board to return taxes collected 'illegally'.
14 May --
Attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali goes on unrecorded leave, duties taken over by solicitor-general
MACC chief Dzulkifli Ahmad resigns
Treasurer general Irwan Serigar Abdullah's contract shortened, transferred to Public Service Department
Mahathir says laws on fake news will be clearly defined
Mahathir says political appointments in government-linked companies will be reviewed.
15 May --
Audit Department declassifies its 1MDB report
Council of Eminent Persons sets up a committee on institutional reforms, committee includes:
Retired judge of Court of Appeal Datuk KC Vohrah;
Retired judge of the Court of Appeal and Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) Commissioner Datuk Mah Weng Kwai;
National Patriot Association President Brigadier General (Rtd) Datuk Mohamed Arshad Raji;
University Malaya Tunku Abdul Rahman Professor of Law Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Shad Saleem Faruqi;
Hakam President and Bar Council former President Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan
Apandi Ali, Irwan Serigar, Dzulkifli and former IGP Khalid Abu Bakar barred from leaving the country.
16 May --
Pakatan Harapan de facto leader and former Deputy Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim is released from prison after being pardoned by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. He had served three years of his prison sentence.
Police search Najib's house and seize handbags and clothes
Government announces GST will be zero-rated effective, 1 June 2018
Mahathir to sack 17,000 political appointees from civil service
Registrar of Societies approves Pakatan Harapan's registration.
Ministries instructed to cease use of 1Malaysia slogan
Kedai Rakyat 1Malaysia 2.0 (KR1M) programme ceased
Board meetings of the Cooperatives Commission of Malaysia and committees which have political appointees to be postponed.
17 May
Mahathir appoints himself as education minister, and Wan Azizah as women and welfare minister
Police search at Najib's house continues
Police arrest man for insulting Mahathir.
Finance Ministry initiates fiscal reforms.
18 May
Withdrew his appointment as education minister in light of his promise with the Pakatan Harapan coalition
Mahathir disagrees with police action to arrest a man who insulted him.
20 May
Former executive of PetroSaudi whistleblower Swiss national meets Mahathir [28]
21 May
Special task force formed to investigate the 1MDB scandal as well as to prosecute wrongdoers and retrieve related assets. Task force would be jointly headed by former attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail, former MACC head Abu Kassim Mohamed, current MACC head Mohd Shukri Abdull and former special branch head Abdul Hamid Bador.
Deputy prime minister Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and several federal ministers officially sworn in as members of cabinet.
22 May
Former PM Najib Razak is brought in for questioning at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
28 May
Mahathir postponed the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail project citing the enormous cost of construction and gloom prospects of returns and benefits for Malaysia.
June[]
Date
Event
1 June
The hugely unpopular Goods and Services Tax (GST) is reduced to 0% by the Malaysian Government.
5 June
Tommy Thomas is officially appointed as the Attorney General, being the first non-Malay to be appointed to the post.
27 June
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) celebrate its 20th anniversary.
July[]
Date
Event
1 July
Friendster closes down as a company after 16 years
2 July
New ministers in Pakatan Harapan's cabinet led by Mahathir were introduced.[29] Remaining members sworn in on that day completes cabinet line-up.
UMNO Sungai Besar Branch Chief, Datuk Seri was arrested by Indonesian police while having a hair cut at a barbershop in South Jakarta.[30]
3 July
Former Prime Minister Najib Razak is arrested for allegedly stealing US$4.5 billion.[31]
16 July
Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad lead the 222 Members of Parliament to swear in as members of the Dewan Rakyat for the 14th term of the Malaysian Parliament.[32]
17 July
Yang di-Pertuan Agong Muhammad V of Kelantan opens the first session of 14th Parliament in the Parliament building in Kuala Lumpur.[33]
August[]
Date
Event
19 August – 2 September
2018 Asian Games :
Malaysia participated at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta and Palembang in Indonesia, sending 447 athletes to compete in 38 sports. The national contingent won 7 Golds, 13 Silvers and 16 Bronzes at the continental event.[34]
31 August
Malaysia celebrated its 61st Independence Day.
September[]
1 September - Sales and services tax (SST)[35] replaced Goods and Services Tax (GST).[36]
Six firemen drowned while conducting an operation at a mining pool to search and rescue a drowned teenager.[37]
6 – 13 October
2018 Asian Para Games :
Malaysia participated at the 2018 Asian Para Games held in Jakarta in Indonesia, sending 126 athletes to compete in 15 sports. The national contingent won 17 Golds, 26 Silvers and 25 Bronzes at the continental event.[38]
Malaysia participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The national contingent won its first two gold medals in the sporting event's history.
6 November - Mahathir visited Japan, and received a medal of the Emperor of Japan.
15 November - Mahathir came back to Kuala Lumpur since end the 33rd Asean summit in Singapore.
26 November - A riot that took place at the Sri Maha Mariamman Temple, Subang Jaya, Selangor between two groups involving the property developer and temple devotees over the relocation issue was followed by the death of a fireman who was involved in the incident, Muhammad Adib Mohd Kassim weeks later.[40]
December[]
4 December - A gas piping explosion in one of the food outlet at Cityone Megamall in Kuching, Sarawak resulted in 3 deaths and 22 injuries.[41]
8 December - The Anti-ICERD Rally was organised by opposition right-wing political parties Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) and United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), with the support of various non-governmental organisations in response to the new Malaysian government's plan to ratify the United Nations convention known as International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD).[42]
16 December - Mohd Hafiz Nor Azman, a 22-year-old motorcycle racer was killed in an accident when competing at the Petronas AAM Malaysian Cub Prix championships at Dataran Bandar Penawar, Johor.[43]
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