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 17, 2008MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
lawyers and opposition legislators are among a growing number of people expressing concern
lawyers and opposition legislators are among a growing number of people expressing concern
- JULY 15, 2008MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Goh Eng Uit was acquitted by the Malaysian High Court...
Goh Eng Uit was acquitted by the Malaysian High Court of a drug trafficking charge after seven years in remand
- JULY 3, 2008MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
a husband and wife were given mandatory...
a husband and wife were given mandatory...
- JULY 1, 2008MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. NINE DEATH SENTENCES COMMUTED
nine convicts who were sentenced to death won their petitions filed to the Pardons Board.
- JUNE 30, 2008MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
a former pyschiatric patient's hope to be sent to...
a former pyschiatric patient's hope to be sent to...
- JUNE 23, 2008MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. COOK GETS DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a 59-year-old cook was sentenced to death by a HighCourt in Malaysia after he was
- JUNE 17, 2008MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
a chicken seller was sentenced to death by the Kota Bharu High Court...
a chicken seller was sentenced to death by the Kota Bharu High Court...
- MAY 28, 2008MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: SENTENCED TO DEATH TWICE FOR TRAFFICKING
in what is believed to be one of the oldest cases in the court system, Siew Yoke Keong, a 40 year old welder, was sentenced to death for drug trafficking after being held in remand for 11 years in Malaysia.
- MAY 23, 2008MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the Malaysian High Court sentenced to death by hanging a man found guilty of trafficking in 81.43gm of the drug, methamphetamine, six years ago.
- MAY 22, 2008MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a 29 year old odd-job labourer was sentenced to death for trafficking in cannabis at a house near in Kuantan, Malaysia, nine years ago.
- MAY 12, 2008MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. THAI BUSINESSMEN GET DEATH SENTENCE
two Thai businessmen were sentenced to death by a High Court in Malaysia for trafficking
- APRIL 17, 2008MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIAN MINISTER: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL'S EXECUTION ALLEGATION 'ILL-INTENDED'
Malaysian Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar hit out at human rights organization Amnesty International for its ill-intended claim that Malaysia was among countries that carried out secret executions.