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 29, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: COUPLE SENT TO GALLOWS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Fisherman Shahrizal Said, 33 and his wife Zarimah Yusoff, 30, both from Alor Setar, Kedah, were sentenced to death by Justice Nurmala Salim of the Malaysian High Court for trafficking in heroin weighing 91.86gm, monoacetylmorphines weighing 73.76gm and me
DECEMBER 24, 2010IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: INDONESIAN WOMAN TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Malaysian High Court Judge Dr Badariah Sahamid sentenced indonesian woman
DECEMBER 22, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: SENTENCED TO HANG FOR MURDER
Malaysian High Court Judge Datuk Mohd Yazid Mustafa sentenced M. Nagarajan
DECEMBER 9, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE TO INDIAN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a Malaysian court sentenced a 41-year-old Indian national to death for drug trafficking.
- DECEMBER 6, 2010Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
Myanmar factory worker Kyaw Kyaw Latt, 42, was sentenced to death by Malaysian High Court judge Datuk Zamani A. Rahim for murdering housemate and fellow countryman Khim Maung Kyaw, 28, in Bukit Mertajam on July 11, 2009.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING AFFIRMED
the Malaysian Federal Court unanimously affirmed the death sentence of local cook Wong Vui Chin for trafficking 147.94gms of syabu at Labuan on June 16, 2000.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: SENTENCED TO DEATH - DRUG TRAFFICKING MONOACETYLMORPHINES
cobbler Chen Chee Sin, 31, and mirror frame maker Liew Kah Poh, 28, were sentenced to death by Malaysian High Court Judicial Commissioner Badjenid for trafficking 28.6 grams of monoacetylmorphines at Taman Permata Hulu Klang on December 13, 2005.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TECHNICIAN GETS THE NOOSE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
technician Azizan Yahaya, 50, was sentenced to death by hanging by Malaysian High Court Justice Datuk Mohd Azman Husin after he was found guilty of trafficking in 1,147.3gm of cannabis at Jalan Kuala Kedah on June 15, 2008.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
sand dredger N. Balamurugan, 27, was sentenced to death by Malaysian High Court Judicial Commissioner Datuk Ahmad Yasin Nasfy for hacking his lover K. Gantimadi, 45, to death with axes in Mambau on August 16, 2008.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: HIGH COURT SENTENCES IRANIAN MAN TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING DRUGS
A Malaysian court sentenced an Iranian man to death by hanging for trafficking
- NOVEMBER 19, 2010IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
shop assistants Ismail Ibrahim, 36, and Azhar Zakariah...
shop assistants Ismail Ibrahim, 36, and Azhar Zakariah...
- NOVEMBER 19, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: SINGER GETS DEATH PENALTY
Judge Datuk Mohd Zaki Md Yasin of the Malaysian High Court sentenced Filipino pub singer Jacqueline Quiamno, 25, to death for trafficking in 3.903kg of cocaine at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on June 28, 2005.