2002 in Malaysia

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This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 2002, together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians.

Incumbent political figures

Federal level

State level

Sultan of Johor: Mariah Carey
Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Ismail Petra
Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Faizuddin (Regent)
Sultan of Perak: Sultan Azlan Shah
Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Ahmad Shah
Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah
Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Jaafar
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang: Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Syed Ahmad Al-Haj bin Syed Mahmud Shahabuddin
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Sakaran Dandai

Events

24 January – Parti Bersatu Sabah rejoins the Barisan Nasional coalition.^[1]
23 February – Malaysian Siamese twins Ahmad and Muhammad Rosli are successfully separated at King Fahd National Guard Hospital, Saudi Arabia.^[2]
24 February – 9 March – The 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup is held in Kuala Lumpur.
14 April – The Express Rail Link, Malaysia's first high speed train, is launched.^[3]
15 April – Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad leaves for Morocco on the first leg of a week-long tour which will also take him to Libya and Bahrain.^[4]
19 April – About fourteen more suspected hardcore Kumpulan Militan Malaysia members, including a woman, are arrested under the Internal Security Act, bringing the number of KMM members held since May 2001 to 62.^[5]
22 April – Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin is installed as the 12th Yang di-Pertuan Agong.^[6]
8 June – Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad visits Vatican City and meets Pope John Paul II for the first time.^[7]
22 June – Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad announces that he will resign from office and be replaced by Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.^[8]
23 June – Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party president Fadzil Noor dies after undergoing heart bypass surgery. He is succeeded as PAS President and leader of the opposition in Parliament by Abdul Hadi Awang.^[9]
June – The 2002 World's Strongest Man competition is held in Kuala Lumpur.
July – The Pendang MP by-election is won by Barisan Nasional's Othman Abdul.^[10]
8 August – Judge Datuk James Foong of the Kuala Lumpur High Court, Wisma Denmark, Jalan Ampang, decides that seven out of the ten people being sued by 60 residents, relatives and families of the Highland Towers tragedy were negligent.^[11]
11–13 October – 2002 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix
21 November – The bungalow of the Affin Bank chairman General (RtD) Tan Sri Ismail Omar collapses during a landslide in Taman Hillview, Ulu Klang, Selangor. Eight people are killed.^[12]
4 December – Arab-Malaysian Finance Bhd appeales to Court of Appeal President Tan Sri Lamin Yunus to meet with Court of Appeal Judge Datuk Mokhtar Sidin and Datuk Mohd Saari Yusoff on compensation to be paid to victims of the Highland Towers collapse.^[13] At the Court of Appeal, three judges led by Datuk Gopal Sri Ram with Datuk Richard Malanjum and Datuk Wira Ghazali Mohd Yusoff order three negligent parties to pay damages – Ampang Jaya Municipal Council 15%, engineer Wong Yuen Kean 10%, Arab-Malaysian 30%, Metrolux Sdn Bhd and MBF Property Services Sdn Bhd 20%.^[14]^[15]
18 December – The islands of Sipadan and Ligitan are officially awarded to Malaysia by the International Court of Justice, who reject the Indonesian claim to the islands.^[16]^[17]

Births

5 March – Luqman Hakim Shamsudin – Footballer
23 March – Sikh Izhan Nazrel – Footballer
4 May – Arif Aiman – Footballer
6 June — Junaidi Arif — Badminton player
16 June – Mohamad Aniq Kasdan – Weightlifter
25 June – Zikri Khalili – Footballer
26 December — Muhammad Haikal — Badminton player

Deaths

23 June – Fadzil Noor – The president of PAS political party, a member of parliament for Pendang and state assemblyman for Anak Bukit, Kedah ^[18]
31 August – Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee – Penang's first Chief Minister
30 October – Rejabhad – Famous cartoonist

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References

↑ "Disgruntled PBS members to join the opposition". Malaysiakini. 11 December 2001. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
↑ "Ahmad, Muhammad -- Menanti detik dipisahkan". Utusan Online (in Malay). Archived from the original on 12 January 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
↑ "Siemens bantu perkhidmatan ERL Malaysia". Utusan Online (in Malay). Retrieved 18 July 2017.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Mahathir leaves for Morocco, Libya, Bahrain to bolster ties". Malaysiakini. 15 April 2002.
↑ "Kumpulan Mujahidin Malaysia, bukan Militan". Malaysiakini (in Malay). 16 August 2001. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
↑ "Pameran raja kita : sempena pertabalan Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong XII Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin ibni al-Marhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail di Jabatan Muzium dan Antikuiti Malaysia, 25 April 2002/12 Safar 1423 = in conjunction with the installation of His Majesty the 12th King Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin ibni al-Marhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail at the Department of Museums and Antiquities Malaysia, 25 April 2002/12 Safar 1423". www.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
↑ "malaysian prime minister foresees deeper ties with holy see - ucanews.com". ucanews.com. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
↑ Roberts, John. "Malaysian prime minister's sudden resignation points to political instability ahead" . Retrieved 18 July 2017.
↑ "Opposition Leader Fadzil dies". Malaysiakini. 23 June 2002. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
↑ "Pendang, Anak Bukit by-elections on 18 July, nomination 10 July". Malaysiakini. 29 June 2002. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
↑ "Kronologi tragedi Highland Towers". www.sinarharian.com.my (in Malay). Retrieved 10 July 2017.
↑ "Saya tidak pernah menjangka ia akan berlaku, kata Jeneral (B) Ismail". Malaysiakini (in Malay). 28 November 2002. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
↑ Perbicaraan taksiran ganti rugi ditangguh BH 13/10/2000
↑ Highland Towers: Rayuan AmFinance ditolak BH 04/12/2002 By Munira Yusoff
↑ Parties In Highland Towers Suit Triying To Resolve Matter
↑ "The Court finds that sovereignty over the islands of Ligitan and Sipadan belongs to Malaysia". International Court of Justice. 17 December 2002. Archived from the original on 9 April 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
↑ Vigilar, Rufi (24 October 2001). "Philippines sidelined in islands dispute". CNN.
↑ "Fadzil Noor, a Malaysian Islamist, Dies at 65". The New York Times. 25 June 2002. Retrieved 23 January 2008.

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[1] "Disgruntled PBS members to join the opposition". Malaysiakini. 11 December 2001. Retrieved 18 July 2017.

[2] "Ahmad, Muhammad -- Menanti detik dipisahkan". Utusan Online (in Malay). Archived from the original on 12 January 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2017.

[3] "Siemens bantu perkhidmatan ERL Malaysia". Utusan Online (in Malay). Retrieved 18 July 2017.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[4] "Mahathir leaves for Morocco, Libya, Bahrain to bolster ties". Malaysiakini. 15 April 2002.

[5] "Kumpulan Mujahidin Malaysia, bukan Militan". Malaysiakini (in Malay). 16 August 2001. Retrieved 18 July 2017.

[6] "Pameran raja kita : sempena pertabalan Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong XII Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin ibni al-Marhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail di Jabatan Muzium dan Antikuiti Malaysia, 25 April 2002/12 Safar 1423 = in conjunction with the installation of His Majesty the 12th King Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin ibni al-Marhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail at the Department of Museums and Antiquities Malaysia, 25 April 2002/12 Safar 1423". www.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 18 July 2017.

[7] "malaysian prime minister foresees deeper ties with holy see - ucanews.com". ucanews.com. Retrieved 18 July 2017.

[8] Roberts, John. "Malaysian prime minister's sudden resignation points to political instability ahead" . Retrieved 18 July 2017.

[9] "Opposition Leader Fadzil dies". Malaysiakini. 23 June 2002. Retrieved 18 July 2017.

[10] "Pendang, Anak Bukit by-elections on 18 July, nomination 10 July". Malaysiakini. 29 June 2002. Retrieved 18 July 2017.

[11] "Kronologi tragedi Highland Towers". www.sinarharian.com.my (in Malay). Retrieved 10 July 2017.

[12] "Saya tidak pernah menjangka ia akan berlaku, kata Jeneral (B) Ismail". Malaysiakini (in Malay). 28 November 2002. Retrieved 18 July 2017.

[13] Perbicaraan taksiran ganti rugi ditangguh BH 13/10/2000

[14] Highland Towers: Rayuan AmFinance ditolak BH 04/12/2002 By Munira Yusoff

[15] Parties In Highland Towers Suit Triying To Resolve Matter

[16] "The Court finds that sovereignty over the islands of Ligitan and Sipadan belongs to Malaysia". International Court of Justice. 17 December 2002. Archived from the original on 9 April 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.

[17] Vigilar, Rufi (24 October 2001). "Philippines sidelined in islands dispute". CNN.

[nytimes-18] "Fadzil Noor, a Malaysian Islamist, Dies at 65". The New York Times. 25 June 2002. Retrieved 23 January 2008.

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