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
- JUNE 22, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A barber from Hong Kong whose death sentence for dadah...
A barber from Hong Kong whose death sentence for dadah trafficking was upheld by the Federal Court last year is seeking a review of his conviction because the chemist who analysed the dadah sample had failed to state its actual weight
- JUNE 11, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Special Investiga tion/Legal Section Narcotics Department...
Special Investiga tion/Legal Section Narcotics Department Supt Nooryah Mohd Anvar said that since the implementation of the mandatory death sentence and life imprisonment for drug offences in 1975, 155 Malaysians and 45 foreigners were hanged under Sectio
- JUNE 11, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Toh Su Kuan, a mechanic sentenced to death in 1998...
Toh Su Kuan, a mechanic sentenced to death in 1998 for having 356 packets of heroin strapped to his torso and stuffed in his shoes was acquitted by the Court of Appeal on the basis that the prosecution had not proved that he had known what he was carrying
- JUNE 7, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A 13-year-old boy was charged in the Magistrate's Court...
A 13-year-old boy was charged in the Magistrate's Court in Kuala Lumpur with murder of an 11-year-old girl at her house in Taman Seri Rampai in Wangsa Maju
- MAY 31, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysia's main opposition party promised an Islamic...
Malaysia's main opposition party promised an Islamic state for the multi-racial country but left vague its stance on strict religious laws and capital punishment for majority Muslim Malays
- MAY 2, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A Nigerian national, Everest Uka, was sentenced to...
A Nigerian national, Everest Uka, was sentenced to death by hanging after a Malaysian court convicted him of trafficking 583
- MAY 1, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
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- APRIL 27, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The family of Malaysian computer engineer Noor Suzaily...
The family of Malaysian computer engineer Noor Suzaily Mukhtar said they felt her death was vindicated with the death sentence imposed on Hanafi Mat Hassan
- APRIL 26, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
An express bus driver was sentenced to death by a Malaysian...
An express bus driver was sentenced to death by a Malaysian High Court for murdering a computer engineer on October 7, 2000
- APRIL 25, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysia voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the...
Malaysia voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 23, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
In Malaysia a member of the Pahang State Legislative...
In Malaysia a member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly, Abdul Aziz Long, suggested that the mandatory death sentence be applied to incest offenders
- APRIL 23, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Public whipping to punish those who commit incest can...
Public whipping to punish those who commit incest can be carried out if the people support the move, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said