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
MARCH 15, 2013MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: GARDENER GETS DEATH FOR MURDER
A gardener was sentenced to death by the High Court in Malaysia for murdering an Indian national
- FEBRUARY 16, 2013MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: JOBLESS MAN TO HANG FOR MURDER ONFIVE-FOOT WAY
An unemployed man has been sentenced to death by a High Court in Malaysia which found
FEBRUARY 13, 2013MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: EX-CHEF ESCAPED HANGMAN'S NOOSE
A former chef escaped the hangman's noose for drug trafficking today after the Federal Court set
- FEBRUARY 8, 2013MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DRUGS TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO DEATH
The High Court in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, sentenced a businessman to death for
- JANUARY 30, 2013MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
the Malaysian High Court handed the death penalty
the Malaysian High Court handed the death penalty
JANUARY 22, 2013MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: NIGERIAN STUDENT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
In Malaysia, a Nigerian man was sentenced to death by hanging by the High Court today after
JANUARY 9, 2013IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: INDONESIAN WOMAN TO HANG FOR TRAFFICKING IN DRUGS
An Indonesian woman was sentenced to death by the Shah Alam High Court in Malaysia for
- JANUARY 7, 2013MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TWO FISHERMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING IN CANNABIS
Two fishermen, one of them a Thai national, were sentenced to death by the High Court
- JANUARY 1, 2013MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
In Malaysia capital crimes include murder...
In Malaysia capital crimes include murder...
DECEMBER 25, 2012MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: SECURITY GUARD SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING GIRL
In Malaysia, the High Court sentenced a security guard to death after finding him guilty
DECEMBER 15, 2012BulgariaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: COURT REPLACES BULGARIANS' DEATH SENTENCE WITH LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE
The court in Malaysia cancelled the death sentence on Bulgarians Georgi Bakalov and
DECEMBER 13, 2012IranDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: TWO IRANIAN DRUG TRAFFICKERS GETS DEATH SENTENCE
Two Iranian men were sentenced to death by the High Court in the State of Selangor