Brunei
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist de facto
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · The death penalty is mandatory for murder, unlawful...
- News items in the archive
- 51
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Brunei is classified as Abolitionist de facto in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 51 news items on Brunei, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- FEBRUARY 3, 2005BruneiDEATH PENALTY
Ibrahim bin Abdullah Puzone, a Filipino with a history of psychiatric problems, was sentenced to death
Ibrahim bin Abdullah Puzone, a Filipino with a history of psychiatric problems, was sentenced to death
- JANUARY 1, 2005BruneiDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is mandatory for murder, unlawful possession of firearms and explosives
The death penalty is mandatory for murder, unlawful possession of firearms and explosives
- APRIL 12, 2004BruneiDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is mandatory for murder, unlawful possession of firearms and explosives
The death penalty is mandatory for murder, unlawful possession of firearms and explosives
- JANUARY 1, 2003BruneiDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is mandatory for murder, unlawful...
The death penalty is mandatory for murder, unlawful possession of firearms and explosives, and drug trafficking (possession of more than 250 grams of Syabu (methylamphetamine) the substance is enough to warrant a death sentence according to Brunei law
- MARCH 2, 2002BruneiDEATH PENALTY
Brunei has drastically toughened penalties for drug...
Brunei has drastically toughened penalties for drug abuse, including wider use of the death penalty, in a desperate bid to curb its drug problem
- FEBRUARY 18, 2002BruneiDEATH PENALTY
A father of seven children and an Ex-RBAF Major, Hj...
A father of seven children and an Ex-RBAF Major, Hj Abdur Rafae'e bin Hj Kassim, 37, was acquitted by the High Court of the death penalty on charges of possessing 864
- JANUARY 24, 2002BruneiDEATH PENALTY
The Director of Narcotic Control Bureau, Awg Hj Momin B
The Director of Narcotic Control Bureau, Awg Hj Momin B
- JANUARY 1, 2002BruneiDEATH PENALTY
Smuggling more than 200 grams of heroin, morphine,...
Smuggling more than 200 grams of heroin, morphine, opium and marijuana or possessing more than 250 grams carries the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2002BruneiDEATH PENALTY
On november 21, 2001, the police warned the public...
On november 21, 2001, the police warned the public that anyone caught lighting up fireworks during Hari Raya would face legal action
- JANUARY 1, 2002BruneiDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is mandatory for murder, unlawful...
The death penalty is mandatory for murder, unlawful possession of firearms and explosives, and drug trafficking (possession of more than 250 grams of Syabu (methylamphetamine) the substance is enough to warrant a death sentence according to Brunei law
- NOVEMBER 21, 2001BruneiDEATH PENALTY
The police warned the public that anyone caught lighting...
The police warned the public that anyone caught lighting up fireworks during Hari Raya would face legal action
- JANUARY 1, 2001BruneiDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is mandatory for murder, unlawful...
The death penalty is mandatory for murder, unlawful possession of firearms and explosives, and drug trafficking (possession of more than 250 grams of Syabu (methylamphetamine) the substance is enough to warrant a death sentence according to Brunei law
- JUNE 26, 2000BruneiDEATH PENALTY
Brunei Darussalam observed the International Day against...
Brunei Darussalam observed the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
- MAY 24, 2000BruneiDEATH PENALTY
Comments published on the Borneo Bulletin caused some...
Comments published on the Borneo Bulletin caused some heated debate on the death penalty
- MAY 7, 2000BruneiDEATH PENALTY
Wong Boon Hing, 26, a Malaysian cook, was charged with...
Wong Boon Hing, 26, a Malaysian cook, was charged with allegedly importing 1060
- MAY 3, 2000BruneiDEATH PENALTY
The High Court sentenced Othman bin Abdullah, a water...
The High Court sentenced Othman bin Abdullah, a water taxi operator, to death for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 1, 2000BruneiDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is mandatory for murder, unlawful...
The death penalty is mandatory for murder, unlawful possession of firearms and explosives, and drug trafficking (import and export of over 15g of morphine or heroin; possession of over 30g of morphine or heroin for the purpose of unauthorized trafficking
- NOVEMBER 20, 1999BruneiDEATH PENALTY
On November 20, a court condemned Daud bin Naim, 36,...
On November 20, a court condemned Daud bin Naim, 36, a Malaysian truck driver, to hang
- NOVEMBER 3, 1999BruneiDEATH PENALTY
On November 3, Ambassador Jemat Ampal, speaking at...
On November 3, Ambassador Jemat Ampal, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly (human rights) under item 116a (death penalty), said his country does not oppose discussions on the issue of death penalty but would have preferred it to be con
- JULY 22, 1999BruneiDEATH PENALTY
Brunei Darussalam signed the letter, dated 22 July...
Brunei Darussalam signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council, in which the retentionist countries dissociated from the Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/61 on the question of the death pen
- JANUARY 1, 1999BruneiDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is mandatory for murder, unlawful...
The death penalty is mandatory for murder, unlawful possession of firearms and explosives, and drug trafficking (import and export of over 15g of morphine or heroin; possession of over 30g of morphine or heroin for the purpose of unauthorized trafficking