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
- OCTOBER 4, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Zainuzzaman Mohammed Jasadi was hanged for murder
Zainuzzaman Mohammed Jasadi was hanged for murder
- OCTOBER 2, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Kofri Mustafar, 26, an unemployed man was sentenced...
Kofri Mustafar, 26, an unemployed man was sentenced to death in Kuantan after being guilty of murdering Jemilah Idris, 36, a woman who refused to let him marry her daughter, on July 23, 1999
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
India's Representative in Malaya [Malaysia], Mr
India's Representative in Malaya [Malaysia], Mr
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Three dadah traffickers facing the death sentence escaped...
Three dadah traffickers facing the death sentence escaped the gallows when the Court of Appeal allowed their appeals
- AUGUST 27, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Social Development Minister Datuk S
Social Development Minister Datuk S
- AUGUST 9, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Datin Paduka Hajah Seripah Noli Syed Hussin, a government...
Datin Paduka Hajah Seripah Noli Syed Hussin, a government backbencher, called for the death penalty to be imposed on those convicted of incest, stating that the perpetrators of this crime should be given the heaviest punishment for causing their victims t
- AUGUST 7, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A labourer who was convicted of murder in 1996 escaped...
A labourer who was convicted of murder in 1996 escaped the gallows after the Court of Appeal found him guilty of a lesser charge of manslaughter
- AUGUST 7, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The Attorney-General's Chambers should carry out an...
The Attorney-General's Chambers should carry out an in-depth study before amending the Juvenile Court Act 1948, a lawyer, Karpal Singh, said
- JULY 25, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court sentenced a 41-year-old Ghanaian businessman,...
The High Court sentenced a 41-year-old Ghanaian businessman, to death for trafficking in 515
- JULY 9, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Alarmed over the spate of rape and murder cases involving...
Alarmed over the spate of rape and murder cases involving girls, angry Malaysians called for severe action against the culprits - including imposing a mandatory death sentence for violent crimes against girls
- JULY 5, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Mohamad Deraman, a 31 year old lorry driver, was sentenced...
Mohamad Deraman, a 31 year old lorry driver, was sentenced to death by the High Court for murdering businessman Ismail Sulaiman in Chini, Pekan, in 1999
- JUNE 5, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysia's Court of Appeal has freed a Briton sentenced...
Malaysia's Court of Appeal has freed a Briton sentenced to death for drug trafficking after ruling there were "too many contradictions and inconsistencies" in his case