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
- JULY 30, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: SARAWAKIAN DUO GET DEATH SENTENCE
Jabing Kho and Galing Kujat, both 26 year olds from Sarawak, were sentenced to death in Malaysia by Justice Kan Ting Chiu for murdering Chinese national Cao Ruyin while robbing him on February 17, 2008.
- JULY 30, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
in George Town, Malaysia, food outlet assistant Sharifurahim Abdullah, 30, was sentenced to death by High Court judicial commissioner Mohd Amin Firdaus Abdullah for trafficking in 23kg of cannabis in Bukit Mertajam on March 31, 2006.
- JULY 29, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: EX-BOXER GETS DEATH PENALTY
Negri Sembilan state boxer Mohd Azli Azhari, 23, was sentenced to death by Malaysian High Court judicial commissioner Ahmad Nasfy Yasin for murdering Syed Herie Azmi Syed Kassim, 25, and his pregnant wife, Aniza Ayob, 24 in Senawang on June 16, 2007.
- JULY 27, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
loan sharks Poh Weng Nam, 31, and Tan Hoe Choon, 34, were sentenced to death in George Town, Malaysia, by judge Datuk Abd Halim Aman. They allegedly murdered trader Lee Lai Beng, 40, in Butterworth on September 30, 2006, over a debt of RM150.
- JULY 26, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TWO SENTENCED TO HANG FOR MURDERING MAN OVER $46
in Malaysia, Judge Abdul Halim Aman sentenced two men to death by hanging for murdering a businessman over a debt of 150 ringgits ($46), a news report said.
- JULY 22, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR THREE
Judicial Commissioner Dr Badariah Sahamid of the Malaysian High Court sentenced Gan Thean Lim...
- JULY 20, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD FOR MURDER OF ACTRESS
Justices Lah, Maarop and Daud of the Malaysian Court of Appeal upheld the death sentences of unemployed man Mohd Fazli Ismail, 28, and make-up artist Esma Faizul Zainul Nor, 39.
JULY 20, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD FOR MURDER OF ACTRESS
Justices Lah, Maarop and Daud of the Malaysian Court of Appeal upheld the death
- JULY 19, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: NIGHT MARKET TRADER GETS DEATH FOR MAID'S MURDER
Justice Mohd Yazid Mustafa of the High Court in Shah Alam, Malaysia, sentenced night market trader A. Murugan, 36, to death.
- JULY 18, 2010IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THREE INDONESIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Justice Datuk Zamani A. Rahim of the High Court in Alor Setar, Malaysia...
- JULY 7, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MANAGER GETS DEATH FOR DRUGS IN JUNK FOOD
in Kuantan, Malaysia, factory manager Chua Boon Hong, 39, of Muar, Johor, was sentenced to death by the High Court for trafficking 173.03g of methamphetamine at a resort in Cherating on January 11, 2009.
- JULY 1, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DRUG REHAB INMATE SENT TO GALLOWS
33-year-old Kajang Drug Rehabilitation Centre inmate D. Muthut was sentenced to death by Malaysian High Court Judge Mohd Yazid Mustafa for murdering inmate Song Chan Seng, 43, in 2006.