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Malaysia withdrew its ambassadors in response, and asked Thailand to represent Malaysia in both countries. [ 196 ] Indonesian President Sukarno , backed by the powerful Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI), regarded Malaysia as a "neocolonialist" plot against his country, and backed a Communist insurgency in Sarawak, mainly involving elements of ...
Selangor, just to the south of Perak also had considerable deposits of tin around Hulu Selangor in the north, Hulu Klang in the central area and Lukut near Negeri Sembilan to the south. Around 1840, under the leadership of Raja Jumaat from Riau, tin mining became a huge enterprise.
[2] [8] In 1963, the Federation was reconstituted as "Malaysia" when it federated with the British territories of Singapore, Sarawak, and North Borneo; a claim to the latter territory was maintained by the Philippines. [9] [10] Singapore separated from Malaysia to become an independent republic on 9 August 1965. [11]
1998–1999 Malaysia Nipah virus outbreak: 1998–1999: 2000 Sipadan kidnappings: 2000: Al-Ma'unah incident: 2000: Sauk Siege: 2000: 2001 Kampung Medan riots: 2001: 2002 Taman Hillview landslide: 2002: Indian Ocean tsunami: 2004: 2006–2007 Southeast Asian floods: 2006–2007: Bukit Gantang bus crash: 2007: Bukit Antarabangsa landslide: 2008: ...
Malaysian football team has qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics football tournament after defeated South Korea by 2-1 in play-off match at Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur. Later, Malaysia replaced by Iraq due to Government joined American-led political boycott towards Soviet Union in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. 1981: 16 July
Malaya (now part of Malaysia): Portuguese Malacca (1511–1641) Dutch Malacca (1641–1824) British Malaya, included: Straits Settlements (1826–1946) Federated Malay States (1895–1946) Unfederated Malay States (1885–1946) Federation of Malaya (under British rule, 1948–1963) British Borneo (now part of Malaysia), including: Labuan (1848 ...
China claims sovereignty over almost the entire South China Sea, including parts of the 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zones (EEZs) of the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam ...
Peninsular Malaysia, containing 40 per cent of Malaysia's land area, [168] extends 740 km (460 mi) from north to south, and its maximum width is 322 km (200 mi). [170] It is divided between its east and west coasts by the Titiwangsa Mountains , [ 171 ] rising to a peak elevation of 2,183 metres (7,162 ft) at Mount Korbu , [ 172 ] part of a ...