Malaysia
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- CONSTITUTION
- August 31, 1957, amended several times, last in 2007
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law; legislative acts reviewed by the Supreme Court; Islamic law applies to Muslims in family and religious matters
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate (Dewan Negara) and House of Representatives (Dewan Rakyat)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- civil courts include: Federal Court, Court of Appeal, and High Courts; Sharia courts include Sharia Court of Appeal, High Sharia Court, and subordinate Sharia tribunals. Sharia court decisions cannot be appealed in civil courts
RELIGIONS
60% Muslims, 19% Buddhists, 9% Christians, 6% Hindus, other
From the country
- FEBRUARY 8, 2018MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
the Kuala Lumpur High Court sentenced two friends to death by hanging after finding them guilty of trafficking 123.052kg of drugs three years ago.
the Kuala Lumpur High Court sentenced two friends to death by hanging after finding them guilty of trafficking 123.052kg of drugs three years ago.
JANUARY 25, 2018MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: LORRY DRIVER TO HANG FOR TRAFFICKING OVER 45KG OF DRUGS
A lorry driver was sent to the gallows by the High Court after being found guilty of counts of trafficking over 45 kg of drugs, 2 years ago.
JANUARY 17, 2018MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MALAYSIAN, FOUR INDIAN NATIONALS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A Malaysian and four Indian nationals were sent to the gallows by the Shah Alam High Court for drug trafficking.
JANUARY 15, 2018MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD FOR NINE FILIPINOS OVER 2013 INCURSION
A Malaysian court upheld death sentences handed down to nine men from the Philippines in connection with an 2013 incursion into the Malaysian part of Borneo island by Philippine fighters seeking to stake an ancient claim.
- JANUARY 1, 2018MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
In Malaysia capital crimes include murder...
In Malaysia capital crimes include murder...
DECEMBER 20, 2017MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: TWO NIGERIAN STUDENTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUGS TRAFFICKING
Two Nigerian college students were handed the death sentence by the Shah Alam High Court after they were found guilty of trafficking 3.5 kilogrammes of methamphetamine three years ago.
- DECEMBER 8, 2017MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: YOUNG MAN TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A 22-year-old man was sentenced to death for trafficking in 749.4 gm of syabu (methamphetamine).
NOVEMBER 30, 2017MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: NO MORE MANDATORY DEATH SENTENCE SOON AS AMENDMENTS TO DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT PASSED IN PARLIAMENT
A bill to amend the Dangerous Drugs Act was passed in Dewan Rakyat today, with Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said saying the amendments were for the good of the nation.
- NOVEMBER 1, 2017MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: PERAK SULTAN PARDONS TWO DRUG OFFENDERS ON DEATH ROW
Two death row inmates who had an appointment with the gallows have been pardoned by Perak Ruler Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah and will face a life sentence instead.
JUNE 8, 2017MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: 9 FILIPINOS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER SABAH STANDOFF
The Malaysian Court of Appeal sentenced 9 Filipinos to death over the Sabah standoff that killed at least 70 people in 2013.
- MAY 28, 2017MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: KENYAN WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A Kenyan woman was sentenced to death by a Malaysian court after she was found guilty of trafficking in methamphetamine four years ago.
- MAY 24, 2017MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TWO MEN HANGED IN SECRETIVE EXECUTIONS
Two men were executed at 5.30 am at Sungai Buloh Prison in Selangor, Malaysia - a Chinese Malaysian and Yong Kar Mun, 48.