Sources: Channel NewsAsia
In Malaysia, a Beechcraft 390 travelling from Langkawi to Kuala Lumpur crashes into the Guthrie Highway in Elmina, Selangor, killing all eight people on board as well as two people on the ground. 2023-08-17
Malaysia reports its first locally transmitted case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a fully vaccinated 38-year-old Chinese woman from Sarawak with no international travel history. 2021-12-25
Sarawak becomes the first state in Malaysia to offering a third and booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccines using the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine for high-risk individuals who had received their second dose of that vaccine at least six months ago. 2021-10-13
Malaysia's Senior Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announces the extension of the second movement control order to six states from January 22 at 12:01 a.m. local time until February 4. This means that all states and federal territories except Sarawak will be placed under tighter restrictions. 2021-01-19
The Alor Setar High Court in Kedah State, Malaysia, suspends a caning sentence for 27 Rohingya refugees, citing their current status and no prior history of crime. They were sentenced with 13 other refugees to seven months in jail and caning last month for illegally entering the country. 2020-07-22
The U.S. Department of Justice returns US$300 million recovered from the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal to Malaysia. The repatriation was due for February, but was delayed due to technical issues and Malaysia's ongoing political crisis. 2020-04-14
A boat carrying 100 passengers capsizes in the Rajang River in Malaysia's Sarawak state with over 20 passengers missing. 2013-05-28
Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak dissolves parliament and advises all the state governments, except Negeri Sembilan and Sarawak to do the same, in preparation for general election. 2013-04-3
The ruling National Front coalition in Malaysia win an election in the country's largest state Sarawak. 2011-04-16
The Malaysiakini Malaysian news website is attacked ahead of elections in Sarawak. 2011-04-13