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 3, 2000MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A Briton was sentenced to death by the High Court in...
A Briton was sentenced to death by the High Court in Malaysia's northern state of Pulau Pinang for trafficking 189
- JULY 3, 2000MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
British charity group Prisoners Abroad appealed to...
British charity group Prisoners Abroad appealed to the Malaysian government to revoke a court sentence condemning a Briton to death by hanging for drug trafficking
- JUNE 14, 2000MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Three Nigerians, Erivesto Anderson, 30, Michael Philip,...
Three Nigerians, Erivesto Anderson, 30, Michael Philip, 28, and Lawrence Osayi Erabor, 42, were sentenced to death by the High Court for committing the murders at a shop in Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman on Feb 20, 1997
- JUNE 1, 2000MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Mohd Zaiham Mislan, 25, from Johor Baru, was sentenced...
Mohd Zaiham Mislan, 25, from Johor Baru, was sentenced to death by the High Court after he was found guilty of trafficking 45
- MAY 16, 2000MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Safarudin Baba, 21, and Mohd Ashraf Endut,...
Muhammad Safarudin Baba, 21, and Mohd Ashraf Endut, 20 were sentenced to death by the High Court for trafficking in 1,031
- MARCH 30, 2000MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Appeals upheld the mandatory death sentence...
The Court of Appeals upheld the mandatory death sentence imposed on Andy Baginda, a Filipino drug trafficker
- MARCH 28, 2000MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The Federal Court dismissed an appeal by construction...
The Federal Court dismissed an appeal by construction worker Sam Hong Choy
- FEBRUARY 23, 2000MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The Federal Court dismissed an appeal by a former soldier...
The Federal Court dismissed an appeal by a former soldier against the death sentence for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 28, 2000MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Chan Choon Wai, 20, was sentenced to hang by a court...
Chan Choon Wai, 20, was sentenced to hang by a court in Singapore
- JANUARY 1, 2000MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Another 212, including 12 foreigners, are on death...
Another 212, including 12 foreigners, are on death row for their sentences to be meted out
- JANUARY 1, 2000MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Fourteen people (including 5 foreigners and a woman)...
Fourteen people (including 5 foreigners and a woman) were executed in 1999
- JANUARY 1, 2000MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The Kidnapping Act 1961 (Act 365) makes it mandatory...
The Kidnapping Act 1961 (Act 365) makes it mandatory for kidnappers on conviction to receive "death, imprisonment for life and shall, if he is sentenced to death, also be liable to whipping"