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
- APRIL 8, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 3 CHILD KILLINGS
P Vellertore, 52, was sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court for murdering three of his children in a failed suicide pact on November 20, 2004, after his wife left him.
MARCH 31, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
labourer Shukor Md Noor, 29, was sentenced to death by Judicial commissioner
- MARCH 25, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: LORRY DRIVER TO HANG FOR DRUGS
lorry driver G.P. Jiva, 40, was sentenced to death by Judicial Commissioner Mohd Amin Firdaus Abdullah of the Malaysian High Court for trafficking 9kg of ganja in Seberang Prai Utara on June 28, 2007.
- MARCH 24, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: BROTHERS TO HANG FOR MURDER
two brothers were sentenced to death by Judicial commissioner Datuk Ahmad Nasfy Yasin of the Malaysian High Court for murdering rubber tapper Mohd Khairul Nizam Md Yusof.
- MARCH 22, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: STOREKEEPER SENT TO GALLOWS FOR MURDER
jilted storekeeper Shahrul Nizam Mohd Shah, 38, was sentenced to death by Judge Datuk Wira Mohtarudin Baki of the Malaysian High Court for murdering Nurul Hazira Bharum, 26, in Rawang on October 7, 2008. Bharum was set to marry another man.
- MARCH 17, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: UMI'S DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED TO LIFE TERM
China commuted the death sentence of Malaysian national Umi Azlim Mohamad Lazim, 26, to life imprisonment.
- FEBRUARY 25, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING HIS FRIEND
in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, unemployed man Lee Fook...
- FEBRUARY 25, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN TO HANG FOR UTAR STUDENT'S MURDER
in Shah Alam, Malaysia, judicial commissioner Mohd Yazid Mustafa sentenced Tay Kok Wah, 32, to death for robbing and murdering student Tang Lai Meng in Kajang on August 2, 2007. She was found smothered in her rented room.
- FEBRUARY 24, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: FATHER OF TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Seremban, Malaysia, High Court Judicial commissioner Datuk Ahmad Nasfy Yasin sentenced unemployed man M. Vijayakumar, 34, to death for murdering Kesavan Muniandy, 31, in Seremban on February 2, 2004.
- FEBRUARY 24, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND UPHELD
in Putrajaya, Malaysia, the Federal Court dismissed the appeal of unemployed man Adnan Mat Jusoh...
- FEBRUARY 22, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
in Shah Alam, Malaysia, High Court Judge Datuk Wira Mohtarudin Baki sentenced workshop operator Tio Tek Huat, 42, to death for drug trafficking. Police found 2,719 grams of ecstasy pills in Tio's car at Puchong on February 6, 2008.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2010IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: INDONESIAN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR GANJA TRAFFICKING
Indonesian boat maker Panizan Sunan Achayari...