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This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 2006, together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians.
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20 June –Petaling Jaya was granted city status, becoming the second municipality in Selangor with city rights after the state capital Shah Alam.[10]
25 July –Tengku Datuk Puteri Kamariah Sultan Abu Bakar, sister of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang was stabbed to death by her 21-year-old son Tunku Rizal Shahzan Tunku Ismail.[11]
7 September – The remains of two 19th-century Malay warriors Ngah Ibrahim and Laksamana Mohammad Amin Alang Duakap were brought back from Singapore to Perak.[18]
22 September –Suki won One in a Million, a popular singing competition which offers prizes up to RM 1,000,000.[19]
27 October – A six-coach train of the Ampang Line LRT overshot the end of the elevated tracks at Sentul Timur station, resulting in the front half of the first coach dangling in the air about 25 meters above the ground.[21]
November – Heavy showers hit Peninsular Malaysia daily for several weeks, unusual even during the rainy season in previous years.
25 November–1 December – The 2006 FESPIC Games took place in Kuala Lumpur with 3,641 athletes from 46 nations competing. Malaysia rank at fourth place with total 175 medals. This was the last FESPIC Games event held before many Asian countries competed in the first 2010 Asian Para Games.[25][26]