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 7, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING SYABU
a man was sentenced to death by the High Court in Sabah State, Malaysia
- APRIL 5, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIAN MAN FACES IMMINENT EXECUTION IN SINGAPORE AFTER APPEAL FAILS
Amnesty International urged Singapore’s president to grant clemency to Malaysian man Yong Vui Kong, 23.
- APRIL 4, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: SECURITY GUARD SENT TO THE GALLOWS FOR TRAFFICKING 9,482 GRAMS GANJA
Judicial Commissioner Datuk Akhtar Tahir of the Malaysian High Court...
- APRIL 4, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: 68-YEAR-OLD SENT TO GALLOWS FOR MURDERING NEIGHBOUR
Justice Datuk Zamani A. Rahim of the Malaysian High Court sentenced Lee Chin Hua...
- APRIL 4, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: MAN LOSES APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong of the Singaporean Court of Appeal dismissed the final appeal of Malaysian Yong Vui Yong, 23.
APRIL 4, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: NO REVIEW OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
there are no plans to review the law on capital punishment, Malaysian Home Minister
- APRIL 2, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: 30 INDONESIANS FACING DEATH PENALTY IN MALAYSIA
thirty Indonesians are on the death row in Malaysia, manpower attache of the Indonesian...
- MARCH 31, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALASYIA: HAIRSTYLIST SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KIDNAP AND MURDER OF SCHOOLGIRL
in Malaysia, hairstylist Teh Kim Hong...
- MARCH 30, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: GRANNY SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
grandmother Mariah Hamadi, 49, of Rantau Panjang...
- MARCH 29, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: LORRY DRIVER SENT TO THE GALLOWS FOR DRUG TRAFICKING
lorry driver See Kek Chuan, 49, was sentenced to death by Judge Datuk Mohd Sofian Abd Razak of the Malaysian High Court for trafficking 8.25kg of ketamine in a bag at the Sunway Resort & Spa Hotel lobby at Persiaran Lagoon, Petaling Jaya, on August 3, 200
- MARCH 29, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
judge Noor Azian Shaari of the Malaysian High Court sentenced technician Yeoh Thian Hock...
- MARCH 24, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO THE GALLOWS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Mohamad Hasnizam Hussein, 33, the son of a retired policeman, was sentenced to death by Judge Datuk Abdul Rahim Uda of the Malaysian High Court for trafficking 2.3 kgs of ganja (cannabis) at Kota Damansara on February 14, 2009.