The following lists events from
2017 in Malaysia is the 60th anniversary of Malaysia's independence and 54th anniversary of its formation of Malaysia.
Incumbents Federal level
Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan Raja Permaisuri Agong: Vacant Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah of Perak Prime Minister: Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak Deputy Prime Minister: Ahmad Zahid Hamidi President of the Dewan Negara: Vigneswaran Sanasee Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat: Pandikar Amin Mulia Chief Justice: Arifin Zakaria (until 31 March) Md Raus Sharif (from 1 April)
State level
Johor: Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ibrahim Menteri Besar of Johor: Mohamed Khaled Nordin Kedah: Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah (until 11 September) Sultan Sallehuddin (from 12 September) Menteri Besar of Kedah: Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah Kelantan: Sultan of Kelantan: Tengku Muhammad Faiz Petra (Regent) Menteri Besar of Kelantan: Ahmad Yaakob Perlis: Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Menteri Besar of Perlis: Azlan Man Perak: Sultan of Perak: Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah Menteri Besar of Perak: Zambry Abdul Kadir Pahang: Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta'in Billah Menteri Besar of Pahang: Adnan Yaakob Selangor: Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Menteri Besar of Selangor: Mohamed Azmin Ali Terengganu: Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Menteri Besar of Terengganu: Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman Negeri Sembilan: Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Muhriz Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Mohamad Hasan Penang: Governor of Penang: Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas Chief Minister of Penang: Lim Guan Eng Malacca: Governor of Malacca: Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob Chief Minister of Malacca: Idris Haron Sarawak: Governor of Sarawak: Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud Chief Minister of Sarawak: Adenan Satem (until 11 January) Amar Abang Johari Abang Openg (from 13 January) Sabah: Governor of Sabah: Tun Juhar Mahiruddin Chief Minister of Sabah: Musa Aman
Events January
1 January Visit ASEAN Year 2017 has officially begun. The new speed limiters device for all buses are enforced. The light reflectors became compulsory to all commercial vehicles. At least ten people were injured during a New Year's Day fireworks show at the Pandamaran Sports Complex in Port Klang, Selangor. 9 January Anwar Ibrahim arrived in Penang high court for his RM70 million defamation suit against an English daily and three other parties. Suasa Airlines was fined RM380,000 for carrying passengers between Kuala Lumpur and Langkawi without a valid permit in Sepang court, Selangor. Suasa Airlines operated this flight as a "demonstration flight" on 22 July 2016. Mohd Faiz Subri, Malaysian footballer won the Puskás Award for best goal at the Best FIFA Football Awards for 2016 in Zurich, Switzerland. 11 January – Death of Adenan Satem: Chief Minister of Sarawak, Adenan Satem died at the age of 72. His body was buried in a Muslim cemetery Semariang, Kuching, Sarawak. 12 January – Death of Adenan Satem: Sarawak declared mourning for seven days to commemorate the death of Tan Sri Adenan Satem. 13 January – Death of Adenan Satem: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) deputy president Datuk Amar Abang Johari Abang Openg sworn as the sixth Sarawak chief minister in front of Governor of Sarawak Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud at the Astana Negeri in Petra Jaya at 4:05pm. He succeeds Tan Sri Adenan Satem who died of heart failure on 11 January. 13 January – Three Malaysian militants, including an Islamic State (IS) group leader, were killed following airstrikes in Raqqa, Syria, according to reports by Bukit Aman counter terrorism unit deputy director Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay. 17 January – The second anniversary of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 crash: Australia, China and Malaysia announced the suspension the underwater search because unable to locate aircraft. 18 January – Former MCA President Ling Liong Sik was installed as University Tunku Abdul Rahman's (UTAR) first chancellor during the university's 24th convocation ceremony. 19 January – Because hitting a luxury car believed to belong to a 'Datuk', a truck driver was beaten by a group of men in Ampang, Selangor allegedly unhappy with the incident that could not be avoided. The incident was recorded by the camera and viral on social media. 25 January – 1,596 people were evacuated from 7 districts in Pahang but no casualties were reported. 28 January – 2017 Mengalum Island boat accident: A boat carrying with 31 people including 28 China tourist was reported missing during journey from jetty Tanjung Aru to Mengalum Island, Sabah. 29 January – 2017 Mengalum Island boat accident: The boat captain and one crew member were rescued by another tourist boat on in afternoon after they floating in the sea for a day. While a fishermen boat found the 20 Chinese tourists along with the three that are confirmed dead some hours later, comprising two men and a woman but six people still are missing. 30 January – 2017 Mengalum Island boat accident: Prime Minister Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak called for a thorough investigation over the incident and called all parties to abide by rules and guidelines set by the Government to ensure their safety. He wrote on Facebook that "I take the Sabah boat capsize tragedy very seriously, and I want a thorough investigation to identify the cause of the incident. However, for now, complete focus must be given to the search and rescue of six other victims who are still missing". Chief Minister of Sabah Musa Aman offered his deepest condolences to the families of the victims who perished in the incident and called for relevant authorities to enforce strict regulation. The Chief Minister added "My thoughts and prayers also go to those who are still missing".
February
1 February – 2017 Mengalum Island boat accident: A body of man was found by local authorities 500 metres in the waters south of Mamutik Island, Sabah but it was confirmed later that the body are not part of the boat mishap missing victims but a men who went missing while fishing with his friends off Dinawan Island, Sabah. 2 February – Malaysia filed the application for revision of the International Court of Justice judgement following its discovery of three documents at the National Archives of the United Kingdom to support its claim on sovereignty Pedra Branca and South Ledge. 4 February – 2017 Mengalum Island boat accident: One missing victim is found and confirmed as one of the unidentified woman passengers (later identified as Yang Jia Yi). One of the boat skippers was sentenced to six months in prison, an accusation which the boat operator acknowledge and pleaded guilty while the boat owner was released on bail and will be on trial again in the next week since the owner does not know Malay language. 4 February – Nautical Aliya ship, mission of humanitarian flotilla to help ethnic Rohingya has departed from Port Klang accompanied by 195 activist and international volunteers and volunteers organized the 1Malaysia Putera Club (KP1M) and the Malaysian Islamic Organization Consultative Council (MAPIM) with the support of ASEAN and international non-governmental organizations. 7 February – Malaysian worst Canada serial rapist, Selva Kumar Subbiah has returned to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Sepang after being deported by Canada authorities because end of terms 24 years in prison since year 1992. Selva found guilty of 19 counts of sexual assault, 28 counts of administering a drug or noxious substance, 10 counts of various kinds of assault and a dozen other charges, including extortion. 8 February – 2017 Mengalum Island boat accident: The investigation papers on the catamaran have been complete and concluded the boat has overloaded beyond specified capacity combined with poor weather conditions. 13 February – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam: Kim Jong-nam half brother of North Korea leader Kim Jong-un was assassinated in Malaysia by two unidentified women, speculated to be North Korean agents, during his return trip to Macau at the low-cost carrier terminal of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. 14 February – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam: Following Kim's death, Malaysian police arrested a woman at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in connection to the attack on 13 February 2017. The woman, a 28-year-old named Đoàn Thị Hương, was in possession of Vietnamese travel documentation. 15 February – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam: A post-mortem on Kim was conducted at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital mortuary in the presence of several North Korean officials. 16 February – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam: A 25-year-old woman named Siti Aishah with Indonesian travel documentation was arrested in connection to the case and identified as the second female suspect. Aishah's boyfriend, a 26-year-old Malaysian named Muhammad Farid Bin Jalaluddin, was also arrested to assist in the investigation. 17 February – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam: Malaysian police arrest of a fourth suspect, a North Korean man identified as 46-year-old Ri Jong Chol. He was arrested on the night of 17 February in Selangor. 18 February – Eight male teenagers on bicycles were killed after they were mowed down by a car on Jalan Lingkaran Dalam, besides the Mahmoodiah cemetery, near Johor Bahru early morning. 18 February – 2017 Tanjong Datu by-election results: Jamilah Anu, Barisan Nasional candidate and the widow of former Chief Minister of Sarawak Adenan Satem, won the election with a 6,443 majority defeated Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak Baru candidate, Rapelson Richard Hamit and State Reform Party candidate, Johnny Aput. 19 February – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam: Malaysian police named four more North Korean suspects. They were identified as Rhi Ji-hyon (aged 33), Hong Song-hac (34), O Jong-gil (55) and Ri Jae-nam (57), all of whom left Malaysia after the attack, and the Malaysian police requested help from Interpol and other relevant authorities in tracking them. 19–26 February – Malaysia at the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. 20 February – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam: Japanese television network Fuji TV released surveillance video, which it says it obtained from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, purporting to show the alleged attack on it appears to show one of two women grabbing a man who appears to be Kim Jong Nam from behind and putting him in what looks like a chokehold. 22 February – The Kuala Lumpur High Court has declined to decide on former MCA president Ling Liong Sik's application to strike out Prime Minister Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak's suit on the ground that Najib cannot sue in his capacity as a public official. 22 February – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam: Malaysian police inspector-general Khalid Abu Bakar said that the killing was "a planned effort" and that the two women arrested had been trained to carry out the attack and had repeatedly rehearsed it together at Pavilion Kuala Lumpur and Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC). Khalid also said that the women apparently admitted that they knew they were handling poisonous substances. An unnamed Malaysian man believed to be a chemist was picked up by police during a raid on a condominium where he then led police to another condominium where various chemicals were seized. 24 February – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam: Malaysian police announced that a preliminary analysis found VX nerve agent, man-made chemical warfare agent that's classified as a nerve agent the most toxic and quick-acting of the known chemical warfare on the eyes and face of the Kim Jong-nam. 26 February – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam: