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
- NOVEMBER 18, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THAI WOMAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN MALAYSIA FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Thai woman Phrueksa Taemchim, 26, was sentenced to death in Malaysia for trafficking drugs.
- NOVEMBER 9, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY STAYS, SAYS NAZRI
the Malaysian government has no plan to abolish the mandatory death penalty, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz said.
OCTOBER 28, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: TWO FRIENDS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Justice Datuk Ahmadi Asnawi of the Malakan High Court in Malaysia sentenced Darwis Zaihani, an
- OCTOBER 22, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: NIGERIAN DRUG TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO DEATH
Nigerian footballer Danny Phiri, 25, was sentenced to death by Justice Datuk Abdul Alim Abdullah of the Malaysian High Court, for trafficking in 530.14 grammes of heroin in Puchong on May 15, 2009.
- OCTOBER 12, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: SECURITY GUARD TO HANG FOR DRUG CHARGE
Malaysian High Court Judge Datuk Wira Mohtarudin Baki sentenced security guard Rosnan
- OCTOBER 8, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DRINK SELLER TO HANG FOR DRUGS
Malaysian High Court Judge Datuk Mohd Zaki Md Yasin sentenced coconut drink seller Nadzari Awang Hamat, 37, to death for trafficking in 8,183.8g of cannabis in Puchong on June 8, 2000.
- OCTOBER 5, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: IT'S GALLOWS FOR DOUBLE MURDER
the Malaysian High Court sentenced former policeman Mohd Nahar Abu Bakar...
OCTOBER 4, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: DUO SENTENCED TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Judge Normala Salim of the Penang High Court in Malaysia sentenced friends welder
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING PART-TIME MODEL
in Alor Setar, Malaysia, High Court Judge Datuk Zamani A. Rahim sentenced unemployed man Ismawi Ishak, 25, to death for killing part-time model Mohamad Azhary Mohamed Osman, 26, at Sungai Petani on May 4, 2004.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TWO MEN GET DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING GANJA
in Alor Setar, Malaysia, High Court Justice Datuk Zamani A. Rahim sentenced factory van driver Rizal Sham Ahmad, 32, and his friend, unemployed Md Fitri Md Saad, 31, to death for trafficking 2,805 grammes of ganja in Gurun on February 7, 2006.
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE ON FORMER TILE LAYER UPHELD
the Federal Court in Putrajaya, Malaysia, reaffirmed the death sentence of former tile layer Chan Kwee Fong, 56, for murdering Ng Weng Beng, 44, at Terengganu on August 16, 2002.
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
in Georgetown, Malaysia, High Court judicial commissioner Nurmala Salim sentenced traditional medicine seller M. Jegatheswaran, 32, to death for trafficking in 958g of cannabis in Jalan Permatang Pauh, on May 8, 2007, in his motorcycle.