Sources: ABC CBC
A fire destroys about 1,000 homes in a stilt settlement in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia, displacing thousands of residents. 2026-04-19
Two police officers are killed and another is injured outside the Ulu Tiram police station in Johor, Malaysia. The killer is later fatally shot. Seven suspected members of Jemaah Islamiyah are arrested in connection to the attack. 2024-05-17
Two Royal Malaysian Navy helicopters collide in mid-air during a rehearsal parade in Lumut, Malaysia, killing all ten people on board. 2024-04-23
Hong Kong reclassifies 15 countries and territories, including the U.S., France, Malaysia, and Thailand, to the "high-risk" category, which means that beginning on August 20, there will be mandatory 21-day quarantines and tougher boarding requirements for travellers arriving from those countries due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases caused by the Delta variant. 2021-08-16
Immigration officials from Myanmar intercept a boat of Rohingya refugees 30 km abbr=on off the coast of Yangon, and arrest all 106 passengers. The boat was en route to Malaysia, after setting off from Sittwe, Rakhine State, with human smugglers and Rohingyas fleeing persecution. 2018-11-16
A boat with 31 people on board, including more than 20 Chinese tourists, goes missing after sailing from the eastern Malaysian port of Kota Kinabalu to visit the island of Pulau Mengalum. 2017-01-28
Elections in Malaysia are to occur in 2017 as efforts to challenge the legitimacy of Najib Razak mount. 2016-09-9
Malaysia bans the recruitment of foreign workers after protests over plans to recruit 1.5 million people from Bangladesh. 2016-03-13
Two brothers whose father was on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 last year when it disappeared receive compensation from the government of Malaysia and Malaysian Airlines. [http:--asiancorrespondent.com-133302-malaysian-brothers-win-flight-mh370-settlement- (AP via "Asian Correspondent")]date=August 2019 2015-06-2
At least 26 people are killed and several others are injured when a bus carrying tourists from Thailand overturns in Malaysia. 2010-12-20