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
- APRIL 29, 2011SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: WOMAN TO HANG FOR TRAFFICKING DRUGS
Malaysian woman Roshamima Roslan, 24, was sentenced to death by Justice Steven Chong of the High Court in Singapore for trafficking 21.48g of heroin in her car at Woodlands on May 6, 2009.
- APRIL 26, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TWO INDIANS GET DEATH SENTENCE IN MALAYSIA FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
two Indian nationals were sentenced to death in Malaysia. Judge Siti Mariah Ahmad of the Kuala Lumpur High Court found Samad Mohamad Sulthan, 44, guilty of trafficking 3.9 kg of ketamine at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on February 25, 2009.
APRIL 21, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING NEIGHBOUR
construction worker Zulkifli Sakun Ahmad Edin Chun, 33, from Kodiang, was sentenced
- APRIL 20, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TWO COUSINS TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
two cousins have been sentenced to death by the High Court in Malaysia for trafficking
- APRIL 19, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TWO MEN SENT TO THE GALLOWS FOR DRUG OFFENCE
Judge Datuk Zakiah Kassim of the Malaysian High Court sentenced restaurant helper Khairulnizan Osman...
APRIL 19, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MARIJUANA TRAFFICKING
Malaysian High Court Justice Siti Mariah Ahmad sentenced Mohd Fais Diram, 28, from
APRIL 18, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN TO HANG FOR BURYING WOMAN ALIVE IN A CAR
former Kemaman local council worker Zulhisham Fadly Muhamad, 30, was sentenced
- APRIL 15, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: COURT ALLOWS APPEAL
Justices Chao Hick Tin, Andrew Phang and V. K. Rajah of the Singaporean Court of Appeal allowed Malaysian national Khor Soon Lee's appeal against his death sentence for drug trafficking because he did not know heroin was among the drugs he carried.
- APRIL 15, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: MALAYSIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SINGAPORE
in Singapore, Justice Chan Seng Onn sentenced Malaysian national Dinesh Pillai Reja Retnam...
- APRIL 14, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: FISHERMAN GETS DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING 148GM OF DRUGS
fisherman Beh Boon Kim, 32, from Perak, was sentenced to death by Justice Ghazali Cha of the Malaysian High Court for trafficking 125.5gm of heroin and 23.2gm of monocetylmorphine in orange boxes in the boot of a car at Jln Medan Imbi on January 22, 2010.
- APRIL 12, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TAXI DRIVER TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
taxi driver Shahrul Nizam Hamid, 40, of Kubang Rotan, was sentenced to death in
APRIL 10, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: FATHER AND SON TO HANG FOR MURDER
the High Court in Kedah State, Malaysia, sentenced father and son to death by hanging