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 20, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: UGANDAN WOMAN TO HANG FOR DRUGS
Ugandan woman Nabweteme Hadija, a 56-year-old handicraft businesswoman, was sentenced to death by Judicial Commissioner Mohd Amin Firdaus Abdullah of the Malaysian High Court for smuggling 2.3kg of methamphetamine at the Penang International Airport on Se
- DECEMBER 18, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DRIVER SENTENCED TO DEATH
High Court Judicial commissioner Teo Say Eng sentenced S. Sivakalisvaran, 27, a lorry driver from Lorong Kledang, Taman Sentosa, Menglembu, to death for murdering his brother-in-law S. Ganesan, 35, in Medan Lahat on December 29, 2009 after a family quarre
DECEMBER 13, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: LABOURER SENT TO THE GALLOWS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Malaysian High Court Justice Azman Abdullah sentenced labourer Rosdi Taib, 43, from Rantau Panjang, to
- NOVEMBER 21, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THREE IN FAMILY TO HANG
a company director and his two children were sentenced to death by the High
NOVEMBER 18, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: SINGAPOREAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STEPSON'S MURDER
A Singaporean was sentenced to death by the High Court in Malaysia after he was found guilty
- NOVEMBER 4, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: ZAMBIAN WOMAN TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A Zambian woman was sentenced to death in Malaysia for trafficking in 770.2gm of methamphetamine
NOVEMBER 4, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: THREE IRANIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Malaysian high court sentenced three Iranians to death by hanging after they were
- NOVEMBER 3, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE OF BROTHERS UPHELD
Justice Datuk Sulong Matjeraie, Datuk Clement Allan Skinner and Datuk Mohamed Apandi Ali of the Malaysian Court of Appeal upheld the death sentence of brothers B.Suthar 33, and B.Ramesh, 39.
- OCTOBER 31, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Justice Datuk Abd Halim Aman of the Malaysian High Court sentenced Chai Tee Keiong, 55, to death for trafficking 430.98 grams of heroin and 63.83 grams of monoacetylmorphines in Kampung Lukut Cina, near Kota Tinggi, on January 25, 2010.
- OCTOBER 25, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: JAPANESE SENTENCED TO HANG IN MALAYSIA FOR DRUGS
the Malaysian High Court in Shah Alam sentenced 37-year-old Japanese woman Mariko Takeuchi, a former nurse, to death for smuggling methamphetamine into the country.
- OCTOBER 25, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: NIGHTCLUB CASHIER TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
nightclub cashier Fang Yuen Heong, 35, was sentenced to death by Judicial Commissioner Samsudin Hassan of the Malaysian High Court for possessing 757.74gm of methamphatamine and 26.23gm of nimetazepam at a house in Taman Johor Jaya on December 23, 2008.
- OCTOBER 20, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD
Datin Paduka Zaleha Zahari, Datuk Sulaiman Daud and Datuk Clement Allan Skinner of the Malaysian Court of Appeal upheld the death sentence of graduate student Irawadi Mohammad, 30.