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
- MAY 24, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING TWO JAPANESE
a 60-year-old Malaysian man was sentenced to death by a Thai court for killing two Japanese man over a business dealing.
- MAY 15, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIAN WOMAN FACING DEATH IN CHINA FOR SMUGGLING DRUGS
Umi Azlim Mohamad Lazim, a 24 year old woman from Kelantan, was sentenced to death by the Guangzhou High Court in China for trafficking in 2,983 grammes of heroin.
- MAY 8, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH TO MALAYSIAN WATER CONTAMINATORS?
the Malaysian government is set to add contamination of water to its list of capital offences.
- APRIL 10, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA CONFLICTING EVIDENCE SAVES TWO ON DEATH ROW
conflicting evidence in two Malaysian drug trafficking trials saw the accused's charges reduced from death to jail for possession.
- APRIL 8, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG OFFENCES
Wan Bakri Wan Ahmad, a technician, was sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Malaysia.
- APRIL 3, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING PREGNANT WIFE
T. Paramasparan, a 28-year-old petty trader...
- MARCH 20, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. COURT REJECTS DEATH SENTENCE APPEALS
Mohammed Hj Muslimin, 34 and Basil Omar, 36, failed in their appeals to the Malaysian Federal Court to have their death sentences by hanging reversed.
- MARCH 14, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA THAI MAN ON DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGE ESCAPES THE GALLOWS
a Thai national escaped the gallows when he was acquitted and discharged by the Malaysian High Court of a drug trafficking charge.
- MARCH 6, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. DEATH PENALTY FOR TERRORISM OFFENCES
Those convicted of terror acts that cause death will now face the mandatory death penalty.
- MARCH 5, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR CANNY ONG'S KILLER
the Court of Appeal, in Malaysia, upheld the death sentence on a former aircraft cabin cleaning supervisor for the rape and murder of IT analyst Canny Ong Lay Kian.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. THAI TO HANG AFTER APPEAL REJECTED
The Malaysian Federal Court dismissed an appeal by Thai national Wichai Onprom against a death
- JANUARY 30, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA FEDERAL COURT REINSTATES DRUG TRAFFICKER’S DEATH SENTENCE
the Malaysian Federal Court reinstated the High Court's decision in imposing the death sentence on a construction worker, Saari Jusoh, who was found guilty for trafficking 12 years ago.