This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 2010, together with the deaths of notable Malaysians. 2010 marked is 53rd anniversary of Malaysia's Independence, 16 September was celebrated as a national holiday for the first time of Malaysia Day.
Incumbent political figures Federal level Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu Raja Permaisuri Agong: Sultanah Nur Zahirah of Terengganu Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah of Kedah Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak Deputy Prime Minister: Tan Sri Dato' Haji Muhyiddin Yassin President of the Dewan Negara: Tan Sri Ir. Wong Foon Meng (until 12 April) Tan Sri Abu Zahar Ujang (from 26 April) Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat: Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Pandikar Amin Mulia Chief Justice: Tun Dato' Seri Zaki Azmi
State level Johor: Sultan of Johor: Sultan Iskandar (until 22 January) Sultan Ibrahim (from 23 January) Menteri Besar of Johor: Abdul Ghani Othman Kedah: Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah Menteri Besar of Kedah: Azizan Abdul Razak Kelantan: Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Ismail Petra (until 13 September) Sultan Muhammad V (from 13 September) Menteri Besar of Kelantan: Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat Perlis: Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Menteri Besar of Perlis: Md Isa Sabu Perak: Sultan of Perak: Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin 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: Abdul Khalid Ibrahim Terengganu: Sultan of Terengganu: Tengku Muhammad Ismail (Regent) Menteri Besar of Terengganu: Ahmad Said 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 Khalid Yaakob Chief Minister of Malacca: Mohd Ali Rustam Sarawak: Governor of Sarawak: Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Chief Minister of Sarawak: Abdul Taib Mahmud Sabah: Governor of Sabah: Tun Ahmadshah Abdullah Chief Minister of Sabah: Musa Aman
Events
January 1 January – The new Malacca state administrative centre, Hang Tuah Jaya was declared a municipality. 4 January – Datuk Abu Kassim Mohammad sworn in as Chief Commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). 8 January – Three churches in the Klang Valley were attacked following a legal dispute involving a Catholic news weekly The Herald which used the word "Allah" for the Christian God. 10 January – A church and a school guard post in Taiping, Perak had Molotov cocktails thrown at them. There was no damage to the All Saints Church in Jalan Taming Sari while the guard post at Convent High School suffered only minor damage. 17 January – A teacher and five students from Chung Ling High School were killed in a dragon boat accident tragedy in Penang, Malaysia. 18 January – MyID, electronic government transaction scheme was launched. 20 January – Police arrested eight men for attacking a Christian church with a firebomb in the Klang Valley. 21 January – Two surau, in Sabak Aur and Parit Beting in Muar, Johor were damaged by arson. 22 January – Sultan Iskandar of Johor, the 8th Yang di-Pertuan Agong (1984–1989), died aged 77. 23 January – Death of Sultan Iskandar of Johor His body was laid to rest at Mahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum, Johor Bahru, Johor. His son the Tunku Mahkota Johor Tunku Ibrahim Ismail was proclaimed as the 5th Sultan of Johor with the title Sultan Ibrahim ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar. Johor declared seven days of mourning with the flag of Malaysia and the state flag of Johor be flown at half-mast and all entertainment activities cancelled. 24 January – A light aircraft crashed into the jungle at Kampung Sungai Ladong, Simunjan, in Samarahan Division, Sarawak, killing the pilot and injuring a surgeon who was also on board. 28 January – The Government Transformation Programme (GTP) was unveiled. 29 January – Shah Alam Member of Parliament, Khalid Abdul Samad was suspended for six months as Shah Alam PAS chief and member of the party's political bureau by the PAS discipline committee.
February
2 February The ICAO version of the Malaysian passport was launched. 2 February The sodomy trial of Anwar Ibrahim began for the second time (the first was in 1998). 9 February – The Federal Court declared Zambry Abdul Kadir the rightful Menteri Besar of Perak. 12 February – Bayan Baru MP Zahrain Mohamed Hashim quit the People's Justice Party (PKR) party. 20 February – Penang Hill's iconic funicular train made its final run after 87 years. It would be replaced by a RM63 mil upgraded system seven months later. 23 February Much of the 200-year-old Ho Ann Kiong Temple Chinese temple in the Chinatown Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu was destroyed by fire. A Malaysian consular employee was stabbed to death outside his home in a suspected road-rage incident in Sydney, Australia. 27 February – A 3-year-old girl Syafia Humairah Sahari was killed in an act of abuse.
March 1–7 March – 2010 Tour de Langkawi 2 March – Nibong Tebal MP Tan Tee Beng quit the People's Justice Party (PKR) party. 8 March The Federal Court of Malaysia ruled Anwar Ibrahim's 1998 dismissal as Deputy Prime Minister and finance minister was lawful. The Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon VIII and Crown Princess Mette-Merit visited Malaysia. 9 March – Three siblings perished in a fire that gutted their house and four other houses in Bukit Mertajam, Penang. 10 March – A teacher and three children were injured in an attack at a Kindergarten in Muar, Johor. 14 March – Malaysia's World no.1 badminton player, Lee Chong Wei won the All England men's title. 24 March – Telekom Malaysia launches UniFi, a fibre optic service. 25 March – A Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) pilot was killed when his Pilatus PC-7 MK2 aircraft crashed in Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) in Sintok, Kedah. 28 March – Former MCA deputy president Chua Soi Lek was elected as the new president, beating Ong Tee Keat and Ong Ka Ting. 30 March – Malaysia's New Economic Model (NEM) was unveiled.
April 15 April – Bakar Arang, Kedah's state assemblyman Tan Wei Shu quit the People's Justice Party (PKR) party. 17 April – Achik Spin (real name Abdillah Murad Md Shari), vocalist of Malaysian rock band Spin died in a car accident on Kajang–Seremban Highway near Pajam, Negeri Sembilan. 19 April – People's Justice Party (PKR) party treasurer for Hulu Selangor, Dr Halili Rahmat quit the party and joined UMNO. 20 April Two Perak PKR female leaders, Roshanita Mohd Basir and Soraya Sulaiman, quit the party to join UMNO. The Sarawak National Party (SNAP) officially joined the Pakatan Rakyat. 22 April – Kelantan PKR youth chief Wan Khairul Ihsan Wan Ahmad and secretary Ezri Zainal Abidin quit the party to join UMNO. 25 April – 2010 Hulu Selangor by-election, Barisan Nasional (BN) candidates P. Kamalanathan won a by-election with a majority of 1,725 votes beating People's Justice Party (PKR) candidates Zaid Ibrahim. 26 April – A 15-year-old boy Aminulrasyid Amzah was shot dead while reversing his car in an attempt to run over several policemen in Shah Alam, Selangor.
May
9–16 May – 2010 Thomas & Uber Cup, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 16 May – 2010 Sibu by-election, Democratic Action Party (DAP) candidates Wong Ho Leng won a by-election with a majority of 398 votes, beating Barisan Nasional (BN) candidates Robert Lau Hui Yew. 19 May – Kelantan palace guard Ramli Mohamad, who was shot by an unidentified assailant on 1 May, died in hospital. 25 May – A Malaysian tanker and a bulk carrier collided in the Singapore Strait, resulting in an oil spill estimated at 2,000 tonnes.
June
2 June – All 12 Malaysians on board the Turkish vessel MV Mavi Marvara found safety following the flotilla attack by the Israeli naval forces, which was carrying activists to the Gaza Strip on 1 June, killing at least ten people. 3 June – The Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) was gazetted. 6 June – All six Malaysians on board the Cambodian vessel MV Rachel Corrie returned home. 11 June – Official opening of the Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque (Iron Mosque) in Putrajaya, Malaysia. 12–19 June — 2010 Sukma Games in Malacca. 15 June – Malim Nawar, Perak's state assemblyman Keshvinder Singh quit the Democratic Action Party (DAP). 20 June – The 115-year-old Pudu Prison's wall between Jalan Pudu and Jalan Hang Tuah, Kuala Lumpur was demolished to make way for a road-widening project, which included the construction of an underpass at Jalan Pudu–Hang Tuah junctions. 22 June – An Indonesian boat sank in the Strait of Malacca near Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan leaving two dead and seven others missing. 25 June – A Sikorsky-type helicopter belonging to a logging company crashed near Long Pelutan, Baram, Sarawak, killing its American pilot.
July
2 July – The second submarine KD Tun Abdul Razak arrived at Lumut Naval Base, Perak. 6 July–22 August – A population census was carried out, results showing the nation's population to be 28,334,135. 9 July – Proton cars celebrated its 25th anniversary. Launch of the Proton EMAS prototype cars. 16 July – The federal government announced a reduction in subsidies for fuel and sugar. 26 July – Heavy vehicles were banned during peak hours in the morning to ease congestion on certain routes of the PLUS Expressways in the Klang Valley, beginning 2 August. 28 July – 50th anniversary of the Bunga Raya (Chinese Hibiscus). 31 July – The Hari Pahlawan (Warriors Day) celebrations were held at the Merdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for the first time.
August 3 August – Former Permatang, Selangor state assemblyman Datuk Abdul Aziz Mohd Noh and his female personal assistant Siti Rohana Ismat, were found shot dead inside a car at the North–South Expressway Northern Route near Sungai Buloh, Selangor. 12 August The Ipoh–Kuala Lumpur–Seremban electric train service (ETS) express route began operations. Kelantan introduced the Islamic gold dinar and silver dirham known as Kelantanese dinar as an alternative currency. 13 August – Two people were killed and two others injured in a freak storm at a Ramadan bazaar in Jasin, Malacca. 14 August – A man ran amok and killed his wife at their home in Langkap near Teluk Intan, Perak. 14–26 August – Malaysia at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore. 16 August – Pasir Mas Deputy RELA Chief Harun Abdullah, who was reported missing on Friday 13 August, was found dead near a railway track in Tumpat, Kelantan. 17 August – Four in a family of six were killed when their car collided with a van at Km 22 of Jalan Seremban–Simpang Pertang road in Bukit Tangga near Kuala Klawang in Jelebu, Negeri Sembilan. 18 August – Thai pathologist Dr. Pornthip Rojanasunand maintained that political aide Teoh Beng Hock did not commit suicide. 22 August – A 6-year-old boy was killed and two men were injured in an explosion at an abandoned house used to store fireworks and firecrackers at Kampung Seberang Baroh in Cabang Tiga near Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu. 23 August – Vandals splashed red paint on a surau in Taman Pulai Impian, Sikamat, Negeri Sembilan and left a broken beer bottle there. 30 August – The ground-breaking ceremony for the new Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) known as KLIA 2 at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang, Selangor.
September
1 September – Ismail Omar will replace Tan Sri Musa Hassan as the country's new Inspector-General of Police on 13 September. 2 September – The Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway and the East Coast Expressway Phase 1 (ECE 1) would be toll-free from 9pm till 6am on 7, 8, 15 and 16 September during Hari Raya Aidilfitri holidays.