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 12, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. MAN WHO SET WIFE ON FIRE GETS DEATH PENALTY
the Malaysian High Court found M. Balamurali guilty of murdering two women at his home in Lot 10352 Jalan
- NOVEMBER 12, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN ON DEATH ROW FOR NINE YEARS HAD HIS LIFE SPARED
Baha Jambol, 45, a former fish and vegetable vendor who has been on death row for nine years had his death sentence commuted to 18 years in jail and being whipped 12 times by the Court of Appeal.
- OCTOBER 30, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Judge Datuk Abdul Rahim Uda of the High Court in George Town...
- OCTOBER 3, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR MURDER
Nomezam Apandy Abu Hasan, 28, a jobless man from Kampung Seri Minyak...
- AUGUST 31, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
the Malaysian High Court sentenced Mohammed Ali Johari...
the Malaysian High Court sentenced Mohammed Ali Johari...
- AUGUST 16, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
the death sentence of a man identified as Subramaniam, 30, was upheld by the Federal Court in Malaysia
- AUGUST 14, 2007IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: INDONESIAN WORKER IN MALAYSIA ACQUITTED DUE TO INSANITY
Adi bin Asnawi, an Indonesian worker from West Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara province, was acquitted by the Seremban High Court in Negeri Sembilan State, West Malaysia.
- AUGUST 9, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TRAFFICKER'S DEATH SENTENCE REINSTATED
a petty trader from Nigeria was devastated when the Federal Court, in Malaysia...
- AUGUST 6, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESHI TO HANG IN MALAYSIA FOR MUDER
the Malaysian High Court sentenced a Bangladesh national, Shamim Reza Abdul Samad...
- JULY 12, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING SEVEN FAMILY MEMBERS
Bangladeshi Md Masud Rana Md Mofizuddin...
- JUNE 27, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA TRUCK DRIVER TO HANG FOR MURDER OF WIFE'S FAMILY
the Malaysian High Court sentenced a truck driver to death for the brutal massacre of his wife's family at their farm house in Benut, Pontian, 10 years ago.
- JUNE 7, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
ROBBERY RESULTS IN DEATH PENALTY
Singapore national, Lim Seng, 36 and his Malaysian accomplice, Wang Hup Huat, 48, were sentenced to death in the Johor Baru High Court in Malaysia for the 2001 shooting of a passerby during a robbery.