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
DECEMBER 15, 2012MalaysiaDEATH 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, 2012MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: TWO IRANIAN DRUG TRAFFICKERS GETS DEATH SENTENCE
Two Iranian men were sentenced to death by the High Court in the State of Selangor
DECEMBER 12, 2012MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYEU ENVOY: MALAYSIA MOVING TOWARDS ABOLITION OF DEATH SENTENCE
Malaysia has seen positive developments in the move towards abolishing the death penalty
- DECEMBER 11, 2012MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
a man who killed his parents was sentenced to death
a man who killed his parents was sentenced to death
DECEMBER 9, 2012NigeriaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: NIGERIAN MAN GETS THE GALLOWS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A Nigerian car spare parts salesman was sentenced to death by the High Court in Malaysia for
- DECEMBER 6, 2012MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
two men were sentenced to death by the High Court, in Malaysia...
two men were sentenced to death by the High Court, in Malaysia...
DECEMBER 6, 2012MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: TRIO SENT TO GALLOWS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Three men were sent to the gallows by the High Court in the Malaysian state of Penang
- DECEMBER 4, 2012MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR TWO SYABU TRAFFICKERS UPHELD
The Federal Court in Sabah State, Malaysia, upheld two men’s conviction and death sentence for
NOVEMBER 28, 2012MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE APPEAL DISMISSED
The Court of Appeal in Sabah State, Malaysia, upheld the death sentence of a jobless man who
NOVEMBER 28, 2012MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: TWO FRIENDS SENT TO THE GALLOWS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Two friends were sent to the gallows by a High Court in Malaysia for trafficking 195.6kg of
- NOVEMBER 12, 2012MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
man was saved from the gallows for the second time after the Federal Court
man was saved from the gallows for the second time after the Federal Court
NOVEMBER 9, 2012MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: AUSTRALIAN NURSE FREED FROM DEATH ROW
The lawyer for Australian nurse Emma Louise L'Aiguille accused of drug trafficking in Malaysia