Events in the year 2024 in Malaysia.
Federal level
State level
Events
January
February
- February 2 â The Pardons Board grants a partial pardon to former Prime Minister Najib Razak who had been jailed in Kajang Prison since 23 August 2022, halving the length of his jail term from 12 to six years and reducing the amount of fine from RM 210,000,000 to RM 50,000,000. Following the pardon, Najib is expected to be released from the prison on 23 August 2028. However, if the fine is not paid, a year would be added to his new jail term.
- February 9 â The Federal Court of Malaysia in a landmark ruling declares several Islamic legislation passed by the State Government of Kelantan as unconstitutional.
March
April
May
June
- June 10 â The government rationalises diesel subsidies by lifting fuel subsidies in Peninsular Malaysia, resulting in a 56% price increase in diesel, from RM 2.15 to RM 3.35 per litre and subsidising only targeted groups RM 200 monthly.
- June 13 â The US embassy announces the return of $156 million in assets linked to the 1MDB scandal to Malaysia following an investigation by the US Department of Justice.
- June 14 â A fire breaks out in a building at the Genting SkyWorlds outdoor theme park in Genting Highlands, Pahang. No casualties are reported.
- June 15 â Two men, one of them involved in nearly 40 offences, are killed in a shoot-out with police outside a suburb of Johor Bahru.
- June 17 â Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announces that the retail prices of Grade A, B and C eggs nationwide have been reduced by 3 cents per egg in the new subsidy initiative. Following this, the new prices of Grade A, B and C eggs are set at 42, 40 and 38 cents per egg respectively.
- June 24 â Authorities announce the arrest of eight people in four states on suspicion of links to Islamic State and plotting against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Ibrahim Iskandar, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and other leading officials.
July
August
September
October
- October 2 â The Federal Court upholds the death penalty for seven Filipino men who participated in the 2013 Lahad Datu standoff.
- October 7 â Regent of Johor, Tunku Ismail Idris declares to reverse back to Saturday and Sunday as new weekend holidays for the state of Johor which will be re-implemented from January 1, 2025, in contrast to the current Friday and Saturday weekend that was re-implemented for over a decade since January 1, 2014 and prior to that, until December 31, 1993 (together with the state of Perlis on that time).
- October 15 â Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has been hospitalized at the National Heart Institute in Kuala Lumpur for a respiratory infection.
- October 21 â A court in the Philippines convicts 17 members of the Abu Sayyaf Group, including Rajah Solaiman Movement founder Hilarion Del Rosario Santos III, for their participation in the 2000 Sipadan kidnappings and sentences them to life imprisonment.
- October 23 - Nasiruddin Mohd Ali, CEO of GISB Holdings, along with 22 others including his wife and a son of Ashaari Muhammad, are charged at the Selayang Sessions Court for being members of an organised crime group.
- October 24 â A bus carrying Japanese tourists collides with a truck in Taiping, Perak, killing one person and injuring 12 others.
- October 28 â Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has been discharged from hospital after being admitted with a respiratory infection.
- October 29 â The Ministry of Finance in a parliamentary disclosure reveals significant losses by Khazanah and PNB in their investments in FashionValet. The announcement sparked public outcry and prompted investigations.
November
December
National Day and Malaysia Day
Theme
Malaysia Madani, Jiwa Merdeka (Civilised Malaysia, Independent Soul)
National Day parade
Putrajaya Square, Putrajaya
Malaysia Day celebration
Merdeka Square, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Deaths
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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