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
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF CHILD
in Shah Alam, Malaysia, taxi driver Mohd. Fazli Azri Jamil was sentenced to death by High Court Judge Datuk Mohtarudin for murdering Syafiah Humaira Sahari, 3. Sahari was stomped on and kicked on a football field.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING GIRLFRIEND'S FORMER HUSBAND
in Kuching, Malaysia, Aboys Saon, 25, was sentenced to death by High Court judge Ravinthran Paramaguru for killing his girlfriend's former husband Mupug Sat, 42, on October 14, 2007.
SEPTEMBER 5, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Judicial commissioner Mohd Zaki Abdul Wahab of the High Court in Alor Star, Ma
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING LOVER
Malaysian High Court judge Datuk Abd Halim Aman sentenced furniture shop assistant Hoo Eu Hee, 44, to death for murdering his lover, Wong Nyik Yon, 46, after a fight in Jalan Datuk Keramat on November 29, 2007. She was stabbed eight times on her chest and
AUGUST 29, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MINISTER AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
A senior Malaysian minister reportedly urged the government to abolish the death
- AUGUST 29, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: SALESMAN TO HANG FOR FIANCEE'S MURDER
Judge Datuk Zamani A. Rahim of the Malaysian High Court sentenced salesman Raja Saiful Nizam Raja
- AUGUST 19, 2010IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA TO HANG TWO ACEHNESE
two Indonesians hailing from Banda Aceh, identified as BS and TI, were sentenced to death by hanging in Malaysia for narcotic drug pushing and circulation.
- AUGUST 17, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: LOCAL MAN GETS DEATH FOR MURDERING BOSS
in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, Patrick Chau Foon Henn, 39, was sentenced to death by High Court Judge Datuk David Wong for murdering his employer Vong Kon Shun, 64, in Kepayan, on September 25, 2006.
- AUGUST 17, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER UPHELD
Chief Justice Azmi and judges Yuen and Embong of the Malaysian Federal Court reaffirmed the conviction and death sentence of unemployed man Aziz Mat Shah, 31.
- AUGUST 16, 2010IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: FIREARMS TRAFFICKING: INDON'S APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE DEFERRED
Justices Ishak, Pillay and Daud of the Kota Kinabalu Court of Appeal in Malaysia deferred to a date yet be fixed the hearing of an appeal by Indonesian man Umar Cipto Sumarto.
- AUGUST 6, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: UNEMPLOYED MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Justice Azman Abdullah of the Malaysian High Court sentenced...
- AUGUST 6, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TWO TRADERS SENT TO THE GALLOWS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Justice Datuk Syed Ahmad Helmy Syed Ahmad of the Malaysian High Court sentenced vegetable...