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
OCTOBER 28, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER DRUG TRAFFICKING
Two men were sentenced to death by the Kuantan High Court in Malaysia after they were found guilty of
- OCTOBER 21, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA MAN FACES GALLOWS AFTER FEDERAL COURT UPHOLDS SENTENCE
the Malaysian Federal Court’s three-man bench led by Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Justice Richard Malanjum unanimously dismissed Ahmad Najib Aris’s appeal against his death for raping and murdering Canny Ong Lay Kian on June 14, 2003.
- OCTOBER 19, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN'S APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER DISMISSED
the appeal by Mat Shah, 30, against his death sentence for murdering his lover’s daughter was dismissed by the Malaysian Court of Appeal.
- OCTOBER 8, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THAI TO HANG FOR TRAFFICKING IN CANNABIS
the Malaysian High Court sentenced a Thai man to the mandatory death sentence by hanging. Judge Datuk Muhamad Ideres Muhamad Rapee found carpenter Mahamad Che Soh, 44, guilty of trafficking 17kg of cannabis on January 4, 2005, in Tanah Merah.
- OCTOBER 7, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysian citizens Esma Faizul Zainul Nor, 38, and Mohamad Fazli Ismail...
Malaysian citizens Esma Faizul Zainul Nor, 38, and Mohamad Fazli Ismail...
- OCTOBER 6, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DUO GETS DEATH FOR MURDERING SINGAPOREAN ACTRESS
two friends were sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court for murdering Singaporean actress Una Angelia Oliveiro, 44.
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: ONE SENT TO THE GALLOWS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Indonesian Nasir Ibrahim, 31, was given the mandatory death sentence by the Malaysian High Court after
SEPTEMBER 28, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN TO HANG FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING
judicial commissioner Azman Abdullah of the Malaysian High Court dismissed an appeal by Azhar Abdul
SEPTEMBER 16, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: ANOTHER TWO ACEHNESE SENTENCED TO DEATH
two Indonesian nationals from East Aceh were sentenced to death by hanging by the Shah Alam court in
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: ACEHNESE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MARIJUANA TRAFFICKING
a Shah Alam court in Selangor, Malaysia, sentenced an Indonesian national to death. Judge Su Geok Yiam
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: FOUR GET DEATH FOR MURDER
four men were sentenced to death by Judge Datuk Jeffrey Tan Kok Wha of the High Court in Muar, Malaysia.
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a 25-year-old man was sentenced to death by High Court Judicial Commissioner Datuk Mohd Zawawi
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: JUDGE'S ERROR LETS OFF DEATH ROW POSTMAN
the Malaysian Federal Court acquitted postman Mohd Shamshir Md Rasid...
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TYRE SHOP ASSISTANT TO HANG FOR TRAFFICKING CANNABIS
the High Court in Shah Alam, Malaysia, sentenced a tyre shop assistant to hang for trafficking 625.7g of
- AUGUST 18, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THAI WOMAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the High Court in Kota Baharu, Malaysia, passed the mandatory death sentence on a Thai woman after she was found guilty of trafficking in cannabis.
- AUGUST 11, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: OFFICE ASSISTANT GETS DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a 56-year-old real estate agency office assistant was sentenced to death in Malaysia for drug trafficking.
- AUGUST 11, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING EX-WIFE
Daud Ahmad, 39, an odd-job labourer, was found guilty by the Malaysian High Court of murdering his ex-wife Mimi Afiza Tamby, 31, in Segamat on August 26, 2005.
- AUGUST 6, 2009Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: SIX MYANMARS TO HANG FOR MURDER
six Myanmar nationals were sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court for murdering their fellow countryman on June 26, 2005.
- AUGUST 5, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: FEDERAL COURT CONFIRMS GALLOWS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the Malaysian Federal Court upheld the death sentence imposed on a part-time taxi
- AUGUST 4, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: EX-NAVY TRIO ESCAPE DEATH
three former navy personnel in Malaysia had their death sentences commuted to prison sentences by the Kota Kinabalu Court of Appeal due to doubts over the cause of death and their intention.
- AUGUST 3, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: FILIPINO COUPLE'S DEATH PENALTY UPHELD
the appeal by a Filipino couple sentenced to death in Malaysia on April 27, 2008, was unanimously rejected by the Kota Kinabalu Court of Appeal.
- AUGUST 1, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE AND MURDER
judge Azahar Mohamed of the High Court in Johor Barhu, Malaysia, sentenced restaurant assistant Abu Bakar Musa, 25, to death for murdering Syafiqah Mohamad Borhan, 14, a student
- JULY 31, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: ACEHNESE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING
a 26-year-old Indonesian from Aceh was sentenced to death by the High Court in Shah Alam, Malaysia, for trafficking in 854.2g of cannabis.
- JULY 23, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH ROW PRISONER GOES FREE AFTER APPEAL
an Indonesian businessman sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Malaysia was freed by the Federal Court.
- JULY 14, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: FORMER COLLEGE STUDENT TO HANG FOR MURDERING FRIEND
a former college student and her boyfriend were sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court for murdering her friend.
- JULY 10, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: LOCAL MAN TO HANG FOR MURDER OF SCHOOLGIRL
Malaysian High Court Judge Datuk Clement Skinner sentenced a 31-year-old unemployed local to death by hanging for murdering a nine-year-old schoolgirl.
- JULY 9, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: SALESMAN TO HANG FOR DRUGS
in Malaysia, a 41-year-old salesman was sentenced to death for trafficking in drugs.
- JUNE 25, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: UNEMPLOYED GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING GIRLFRIEND
Judicial Commissioner Azman Abdullah of the Malaysian High Court sentenced unemployed man Cheong Kam Kuen, 44, to death for murdering his girlfriend.
- JUNE 12, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA; DEATH SENTENCE FOR THREE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
three men were sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court for trafficking in 45.49kg of cannabis on November 1, 2002.
MAY 22, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: ELECTRICIAN TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
an electrician was sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court after he was found