1986 in Malaysia

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1986 in Malaysia
29 years of the nationhood

The vibrant and colourful Central Market.

File:Ng Lai Huat of Pudu Prison.jpg

The Pudu Prison siege took placed at Pudu Prison, Kuala Lumpur on 17 to 22 October 1986. One of the captured men, Ng Lai Huat, being taken to the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital after the raid. A medical check-up revealed only superficial injuries.

Incumbents

Federal level

Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Iskandar of Johor
Raja Permaisuri Agong: Sultanah Zanariah of Johor
Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Dr Mahathir Mohammad
Deputy Prime Minister:
- Dato' Musa Hitam (until March)
- Dato' Ghafar Baba (from March)

State level

Sultan of Johor: Tunku Ibrahim Ismail (Regent)
Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Ismail Petra
Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Putra
Sultan of Perak: Sultan Azlan Shah (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Ahmad Shah
Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah
Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Jaafar
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang: Tun Dr Awang Hassan
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Syed Ahmad Al-Haj bin Syed Mahmud Shahabuddin
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Mohd Adnan Robert

Events

3 January - SMK Lembah Keramat, Selangor was founded and opened to public.
February - Central Market, Kuala Lumpur's new attractions is officially opened.
January - Suleiman Courts residential flats is demolished.
March - Rioters, protesting against the appointment of the Chief Minister and Head of State, detonated bombs and committed arson around major towns in the 1986 Sabah riots.
March - Johor Circuit (Pasir Gudang), the second Malaysian race track circuit after Batu Tiga Circuit in Shah Alam, Selangor is officially opened.
March - Tun Ghafar Baba becomes Deputy Prime Minister replacing Tun Musa Hitam who resigned due to differences of opinion with the prime minister.
April - The 1986 General Elections.
12-16 April - The 1986 Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) General Conference is held.
14 April - Sudirman Arshad held an open air concert on Chow Kit Road, which was the first time ever that a street concert drew a 100,000 person crowd on a Monday night.
27 June - Highway Concessionnaires Berhad, Malaysia's first highway concessionnaires operators is founded.
11 July - The P. Ramlee Memorial at Jalan Dedap, Taman P. Ramlee, Setapak, Kuala Lumpur is opened for public.
17-22 October - The Pudu Prison siege took placed at Pudu Prison, Kuala Lumpur. On October 22, the hostage crisis at the prison ended without bloodshed. Six prisoners were captured and two hostages were rescued.
November - Ferry Malaysia is launch in Kuantan Port, Pahang.

National Day

Main theme

Bangsa Tegas Negara Teguh

Academic

Mohamad Abu Zar bin Abdul Halim, Perak, Malaysia, - University of Malaya Best Surgeon

Births

Sharifah Amani - Malaysian actress

Deaths

7 July - Kevin Barlow and Brian Chambers - both Australian nationals is hanged to death for the drug trafficking of 141.9g of heroin.