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 17, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: GALLOWS FOR EX-CLERK FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
former Johor council clerk Abd Latif Sakiman lost the appeal against his death sentence for drug trafficking at the Federal Court in Putrajaya, Malaysia.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH FOR GANJA TRAFFICKING
a pirated VCD seller was sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court. Ng Kam Wei, 31, allegedly trafficked 8,529.5g of ganja in Taman Selasih, Kulim, on December 22, 2005.
- NOVEMBER 13, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING EX-UITM LECTURER
two friends were sentenced to death by the Shah Alam High Court in Malaysia for murdering UiTM lecturer Bakarudin Busu on February 12, 2002.
NOVEMBER 13, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: TWO PRAWN SELLERS TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Two prawn sellers were sentenced to death by the High Court in Malaysia for trafficking in 36,220 grams of
- NOVEMBER 12, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
the Malaysian High Court sentenced Helmi Mohd Hussin...
the Malaysian High Court sentenced Helmi Mohd Hussin...
- NOVEMBER 11, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: GRADUATE TO HANG FOR MURDER
Judicial commissioner Mohd Yazid Mustafa of the Malaysian High Court sentenced economics graduate Irawadi Muhammad, 27, from Pasir Mas, to death.
OCTOBER 28, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER DRUG TRAFFICKING
Two men were sentenced to death by the Kuantan High Court in Malaysia after they were found guilty of
- OCTOBER 21, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA MAN FACES GALLOWS AFTER FEDERAL COURT UPHOLDS SENTENCE
the Malaysian Federal Court’s three-man bench led by Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Justice Richard Malanjum unanimously dismissed Ahmad Najib Aris’s appeal against his death for raping and murdering Canny Ong Lay Kian on June 14, 2003.
- OCTOBER 19, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN'S APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER DISMISSED
the appeal by Mat Shah, 30, against his death sentence for murdering his lover’s daughter was dismissed by the Malaysian Court of Appeal.
- OCTOBER 8, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THAI TO HANG FOR TRAFFICKING IN CANNABIS
the Malaysian High Court sentenced a Thai man to the mandatory death sentence by hanging. Judge Datuk Muhamad Ideres Muhamad Rapee found carpenter Mahamad Che Soh, 44, guilty of trafficking 17kg of cannabis on January 4, 2005, in Tanah Merah.
- OCTOBER 7, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysian citizens Esma Faizul Zainul Nor, 38, and Mohamad Fazli Ismail...
Malaysian citizens Esma Faizul Zainul Nor, 38, and Mohamad Fazli Ismail...
- OCTOBER 6, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DUO GETS DEATH FOR MURDERING SINGAPOREAN ACTRESS
two friends were sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court for murdering Singaporean actress Una Angelia Oliveiro, 44.