Malaysia
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Retentionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · The death penalty is provided for by various laws
- News items in the archive
- 970
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Malaysia is classified as Retentionist 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 970 news items on Malaysia, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
JULY 1, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: TWO THAI MEN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a Malaysian court has sentenced two Thai nationals to death by hanging for smuggling
- JUNE 28, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THREE TO HANG FOR KIDNAP
Judge Kamardin Hashim of the Malaysian High Court sentenced
JUNE 27, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: RESOLUTION OVER MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
A resolution calling for an immediate moratorium on the mandatory death penalty in Malaysia
- JUNE 26, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: YOUTH GETS DEATH FOR MURDER OF FISH BREEDER
Mohd Faizal Juhari, 24, from Kampung Gong Beris, Pulau Kerengga, Marang, was sentenced to death by High Court Justice Datuk Abdul Rahim Uda for murdering fish breeder Tan Hai Peng in the village on November 30, 2007.
- JUNE 25, 2011Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: HK GETS DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a businesswoman from Hong Kong, Lam Chun Wing Joe
- JUNE 13, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: INDIAN NATIONAL TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Judge Datuk Mohd Azman Hussin of the Malaysian High Court sentenced Indian national
- JUNE 7, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: FLORIST SENT TO THE GALLOWS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
florist G. Gobinanth Reddy, 30, from Butterworth...
- MAY 24, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THAI WOMAN ESCAPES THE GALLOWS
fruit seller, Roseedah Che Ubong, 41, a Thai national...
- MAY 24, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: MALAYSIAN MAN ESCAPES GALLOWS
in Singapore, Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong and Justices Phang and Rajah of the Court of Appeal allowed Malaysian national Galing Kujat's appeal against his death sentence for bludgeoning Chinese national Cao Ruyin, 40...
- MAY 21, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: GRANNY FROM INDIA GETS DEATH
62-year-old Indian national Fazila Bee Abdul Kareem, from Chennai...
- MAY 18, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE OF MAN WHO SET FIRE TO WIFE AND KIN UPHELD
judges Yusoff, Sharif and Embong of the Shah Alam Federal Court in Malaysia sentenced unemployed man M. Balamurali, 35...
- MAY 16, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH FOR MAN FOR KILLING GRANDMOTHER
Ridzuan Taib, 21, from Jitra, was sentenced to death by Judge Datuk Azman Husin of the Malaysian High Court for murdering his grandmother Basah Ahmad, 75, at a house in Taman Berlian in Jitra, on May 11, 2008, when he was 18 years old.
- MAY 16, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
furniture worker Yap Boon Thai, 38, from Bukit Mertajam, Penang, was sentenced to death by Justice Datuk Zamani Abdul Rahim of the Malaysian High Court in Alor Setar for murdering Indonesian woman Ismiyanti, in her 30s, at Sungai Petani on June 7, 2005.
- MAY 12, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: PIPE-LAYER TO HANG FOR MURDER
Judicial Commissioner Datuk Ahmad Nafsy Yasin of the Malaysian High Court sentenced pipe-layer Ali Tan Abdullah, 35, to death for murdering his neighbour...
- MAY 8, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: CAR DEALER DEALT GALLOWS FOR DEALING IN DRUGS
car dealer Airiy Azmi Mohamad, 31, from Kelantan...
- MAY 6, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TWO THAIS FREED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGE ON APPEAL
Thai nationals Sureeya Wutthisat, 47, and Asan Tong, 45, had their conviction and death sentences set aside by Malaysian Court of Appeal judges Maarop and Daud and High Court Judge Wahi because the High Court had committed misdirection when assessing the
- APRIL 29, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: WOMAN TO HANG FOR TRAFFICKING DRUGS
Malaysian woman Roshamima Roslan, 24, was sentenced to death by Justice Steven Chong of the High Court in Singapore for trafficking 21.48g of heroin in her car at Woodlands on May 6, 2009.
- APRIL 26, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TWO INDIANS GET DEATH SENTENCE IN MALAYSIA FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
two Indian nationals were sentenced to death in Malaysia. Judge Siti Mariah Ahmad of the Kuala Lumpur High Court found Samad Mohamad Sulthan, 44, guilty of trafficking 3.9 kg of ketamine at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on February 25, 2009.
- APRIL 21, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING NEIGHBOUR
construction worker Zulkifli Sakun Ahmad Edin Chun, 33, from Kodiang, was sentenced
- APRIL 20, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TWO COUSINS TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
two cousins have been sentenced to death by the High Court in Malaysia for trafficking
- APRIL 19, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TWO MEN SENT TO THE GALLOWS FOR DRUG OFFENCE
Judge Datuk Zakiah Kassim of the Malaysian High Court sentenced restaurant helper Khairulnizan Osman...
APRIL 19, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MARIJUANA TRAFFICKING
Malaysian High Court Justice Siti Mariah Ahmad sentenced Mohd Fais Diram, 28, from
APRIL 18, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN TO HANG FOR BURYING WOMAN ALIVE IN A CAR
former Kemaman local council worker Zulhisham Fadly Muhamad, 30, was sentenced
- APRIL 15, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: COURT ALLOWS APPEAL
Justices Chao Hick Tin, Andrew Phang and V. K. Rajah of the Singaporean Court of Appeal allowed Malaysian national Khor Soon Lee's appeal against his death sentence for drug trafficking because he did not know heroin was among the drugs he carried.
- APRIL 15, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: MALAYSIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SINGAPORE
in Singapore, Justice Chan Seng Onn sentenced Malaysian national Dinesh Pillai Reja Retnam...
- APRIL 14, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: FISHERMAN GETS DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING 148GM OF DRUGS
fisherman Beh Boon Kim, 32, from Perak, was sentenced to death by Justice Ghazali Cha of the Malaysian High Court for trafficking 125.5gm of heroin and 23.2gm of monocetylmorphine in orange boxes in the boot of a car at Jln Medan Imbi on January 22, 2010.
- APRIL 12, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TAXI DRIVER TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
taxi driver Shahrul Nizam Hamid, 40, of Kubang Rotan, was sentenced to death in
APRIL 10, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: FATHER AND SON TO HANG FOR MURDER
the High Court in Kedah State, Malaysia, sentenced father and son to death by hanging
- APRIL 8, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
SECURITY GUARD TO HANG FOR TRAFFICKING CANNABIS
Judge Datuk Lim Yee Lan of the Malaysian High Court sentenced security guard Shamuddin Sohan, 42, to death by hanging for trafficking cannabis weighing 941g in front of the Grand Seasons Hotel in Jalan Pahang on May 29, 2002.
- APRIL 8, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIAN COURT REJECTS APPEAL OF INDONESIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Malaysia, a Putrajaya Appeals Court panel of judges led by Dato Clement Skiner rejected the appeal of Indonesian Muhammad Imron of Aceh, a.k.a Fernandez.