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
JULY 27, 2011SingaporeDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: SINGAPOREAN GETS DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a 58-year-old Singaporean man was sentenced to death by the High Court in Malaysia for drug
- JULY 26, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: FARMER ON DEATH ROW HAS SENTENCE OVERTURNED
farmer Sanggau Jali had his death sentence overturned by Justices Zakaria, Sharif and Yuen of the Malaysian Federal Court.
- JULY 26, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH PENALTY AFFIRMED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Justices Zakaria, Sharif and Cheng of the Malaysian Federal Court affirmed the death penalty of Thien Teck Soon for trafficking in 95.77g of methamphetamine in 2007 inside a budget hotel in Limbang.
JULY 24, 2011ThailandDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: FOUR FRIENDS GET THE GALLOWS FOR TRAFFICKING CANNABIS
four friends were sentenced to death by Judicial Commissioner Mohd Zaki Abdul Wahab of the
- JULY 8, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: FEDERAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE ON INDONESIAN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the Federal Court in Putrajaya, Malaysia, upheld the death sentence imposed on an Indonesian found
- JULY 7, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: YONG VUI KONG PETITIONS PRESIDENT S R NATHAN FOR CLEMENCY
lawyers representing Malaysian national Yong Vui Kong, who was given a mandatory death sentence in Singapore, filed a petition for a presidential pardon.
- JULY 5, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TOUR GUIDE SENT TO GALLOWS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Malaysian High Court Justice Mariana Yahya sentenced tour guide Lokman Borhan...
JULY 3, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: 11 INDONESIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH
11 Indonesians have been sentenced to death in Malaysia and are now awaiting
- JULY 1, 2011ThailandDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TWO THAI MEN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a Malaysian court has sentenced two Thai nationals to death by hanging for smuggling
- JUNE 28, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THREE TO HANG FOR KIDNAP
Judge Kamardin Hashim of the Malaysian High Court sentenced
JUNE 27, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: RESOLUTION OVER MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
A resolution calling for an immediate moratorium on the mandatory death penalty in Malaysia
- JUNE 26, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: YOUTH GETS DEATH FOR MURDER OF FISH BREEDER
Mohd Faizal Juhari, 24, from Kampung Gong Beris, Pulau Kerengga, Marang, was sentenced to death by High Court Justice Datuk Abdul Rahim Uda for murdering fish breeder Tan Hai Peng in the village on November 30, 2007.