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
- JUNE 30, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN TO HANG FOR MURDER
mosaic layer Ong Teik Thai, 35, was sentenced to death by Judge Datuk Mohd Zaki Mohd Yassin in Malaysia for murdering claypot chicken rice seller Choi Yu Ki, 20, with a parang at a coffee shop at Pekan Teluk Kumbar on April 6, 2006.
- JUNE 30, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DRIVER SENT TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING MAN
in Seremban, Malaysia, lorry driver G. Balasundram...
- JUNE 29, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: EX-CONTRACTOR TO HANG FOR YOUTH'S MURDER
former contractor Gan Kim Lai, 27, was sentenced to death in Malaysia by High Court judge Datuk Wira Mohtaruddin Baki for murdering Ee Han Kiat, 18, in Jalan Tokong Lama on March 17, 2006.
- JUNE 28, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN SENT TO GALLOWS FOR EXORCISM DEATH
Davender Singh, 49, was sentenced to death by judge Datuk Ghazali Cha in Malaysia for murdering toddler Nur Farah Adila Ridzuan as part of an exorcism ritual.
- JUNE 25, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIAN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING IN MALAYSIA
Malaysia's High Court sentenced a Zambian national to death by hanging after he was found guilty of attempting to bring almost 160 grams of drugs into the country in 2006.
JUNE 22, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: 14 DEATH-ROW PRISONERS GET PARDON
fourteen prisoners who received the death sentence in Malaysia were pardoned
- JUNE 18, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: VAN DRIVER TO HANG FOR TRAFFICKING DRUGS
in Malaysia, 33-year-old van driver Mohd Zamri Abdul Khamis from Johor was sentenced to death by High Court Justice Zamani A. Rahim for trafficking in 95kg of cannabis on June 13, 2005, at the Bukit Kayu Hitam Customs, Immigration and Quarantine border c
- JUNE 10, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE DEATH ROW CASE: KL URGED TO ACT
a Singapore lawyer who represented a Malaysian sentenced to hang in Singapore for drug trafficking urged the Malaysian government to intervene and take the case to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
- JUNE 6, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TWO MEN GET DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING CANNABIS
judge Datuk Zamani A. Rahim of the Malaysian High Court sentenced vegetable farmer Ramli Abd Rahman, 36, and civil servant Sulaiman Ismail, 38, to death after finding them guilty of trafficking in 11,135 grams of cannabis in Junjung, Kulim, on May 3, 2006
- JUNE 4, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: ELDERLY MAN TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
elderly man Low Ah Leck, 62, was sentenced to death by Judicial Commissioner Datuk Asmabi Mohamad of the Malaysian High Court for trafficking 353.2 gr. of Methamphetamine in front of a fast food restaurant in Ampang, Selangor, on May 23, 2008.
- JUNE 1, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
shop assistant Ahmad Saad Hazmin, 25, from Pasir Mas, was sentenced to death
- MAY 25, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MECHANIC TO DIE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
mechanic Shahrizan Sulong, 27, was sentenced to death by Judge Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim of the Malaysian High Court for drug trafficking at a house in Pasir Mas on May 20, 2008.