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
- AUGUST 14, 2007IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: INDONESIAN WORKER IN MALAYSIA ACQUITTED DUE TO INSANITY
Adi bin Asnawi, an Indonesian worker from West Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara province, was acquitted by the Seremban High Court in Negeri Sembilan State, West Malaysia.
- AUGUST 9, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TRAFFICKER'S DEATH SENTENCE REINSTATED
a petty trader from Nigeria was devastated when the Federal Court, in Malaysia...
- AUGUST 6, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESHI TO HANG IN MALAYSIA FOR MUDER
the Malaysian High Court sentenced a Bangladesh national, Shamim Reza Abdul Samad...
- JULY 12, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING SEVEN FAMILY MEMBERS
Bangladeshi Md Masud Rana Md Mofizuddin...
- JUNE 27, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA TRUCK DRIVER TO HANG FOR MURDER OF WIFE'S FAMILY
the Malaysian High Court sentenced a truck driver to death for the brutal massacre of his wife's family at their farm house in Benut, Pontian, 10 years ago.
- JUNE 7, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
ROBBERY RESULTS IN DEATH PENALTY
Singapore national, Lim Seng, 36 and his Malaysian accomplice, Wang Hup Huat, 48, were sentenced to death in the Johor Baru High Court in Malaysia for the 2001 shooting of a passerby during a robbery.
- MAY 24, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING TWO JAPANESE
a 60-year-old Malaysian man was sentenced to death by a Thai court for killing two Japanese man over a business dealing.
- MAY 15, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIAN WOMAN FACING DEATH IN CHINA FOR SMUGGLING DRUGS
Umi Azlim Mohamad Lazim, a 24 year old woman from Kelantan, was sentenced to death by the Guangzhou High Court in China for trafficking in 2,983 grammes of heroin.
- MAY 8, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH TO MALAYSIAN WATER CONTAMINATORS?
the Malaysian government is set to add contamination of water to its list of capital offences.
- APRIL 10, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA CONFLICTING EVIDENCE SAVES TWO ON DEATH ROW
conflicting evidence in two Malaysian drug trafficking trials saw the accused's charges reduced from death to jail for possession.
- APRIL 8, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG OFFENCES
Wan Bakri Wan Ahmad, a technician, was sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Malaysia.
- APRIL 3, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING PREGNANT WIFE
T. Paramasparan, a 28-year-old petty trader...
- MARCH 20, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. COURT REJECTS DEATH SENTENCE APPEALS
Mohammed Hj Muslimin, 34 and Basil Omar, 36, failed in their appeals to the Malaysian Federal Court to have their death sentences by hanging reversed.
- MARCH 14, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA THAI MAN ON DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGE ESCAPES THE GALLOWS
a Thai national escaped the gallows when he was acquitted and discharged by the Malaysian High Court of a drug trafficking charge.
- MARCH 6, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. DEATH PENALTY FOR TERRORISM OFFENCES
Those convicted of terror acts that cause death will now face the mandatory death penalty.
- MARCH 5, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR CANNY ONG'S KILLER
the Court of Appeal, in Malaysia, upheld the death sentence on a former aircraft cabin cleaning supervisor for the rape and murder of IT analyst Canny Ong Lay Kian.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. THAI TO HANG AFTER APPEAL REJECTED
The Malaysian Federal Court dismissed an appeal by Thai national Wichai Onprom against a death
- JANUARY 30, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA FEDERAL COURT REINSTATES DRUG TRAFFICKER’S DEATH SENTENCE
the Malaysian Federal Court reinstated the High Court's decision in imposing the death sentence on a construction worker, Saari Jusoh, who was found guilty for trafficking 12 years ago.
- JANUARY 7, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Ghazalee Kassim and two other unidentified men were convicted and sentenced to death for trafficking 50kg of cannabis.
- JANUARY 1, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
In Malaysia capital crimes include murder, rape, drug crimes, treason and possession of arms.
In Malaysia capital crimes include murder, rape, drug crimes, treason and possession of arms.
- DECEMBER 12, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. MAN TO FACE GALLOWS FOR RAPE, MURDER
the Federal Court of Malaysia rejected the appeal of Hanafi Mat Hassan, 38, against the death sentence handed down to him for the rape and murder of a 24-year-old computer engineer.
- NOVEMBER 27, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR CANNABIS TRAFFICKING
Abdul Rashid Rahman, a 43 year old unemployed man involved in a cannabis deal with an undercover policeman, failed in his appeal to have his death sentence commuted.
- NOVEMBER 15, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. UMNO DELEGATE CALLS FOR DEATH SENTENCE ON
a Kedah Umno delegate proposed that Malays who wanted to abandon Islam must obtain the consent from the Sultan to do so or face death.
- NOVEMBER 14, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. DEATH SENTENCE ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT UPHELD
a court in Malaysia upheld the death sentence on an Indonesian illegal immigrant who was convicted of murdering a female tenant in a five-room house occupied by them in Selayang Baru.
- NOVEMBER 7, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA’S FORMER PRIME MINISTER “HORRIFIED” BY SADDAM’S DEATH PENALTY
Malaysia’s former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad expressed “horror and disgust” over the trial and sentencing of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to death.
- NOVEMBER 3, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. MALAYSIAN HANGED FOR MURDER OF EIGHT-YEAR-OLD CHINESE GIRL
a Malaysian man who murdered an eight-year-old Chinese girl was hanged after losing his appeal, Singapore's prisons department said.
- OCTOBER 31, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. MAN TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Rasahiman Rasul, 30, was sentenced to death by the Shah Alam High Court, Malaysia, for trafficking in 1,039gm of cannabis on June 16, 2003.
- OCTOBER 30, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING CANNABIS
Osman Md Yatim, 63, was sentenced to death in Malaysia for trafficking 3,979g of cannabis.
- OCTOBER 17, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR TRAFFICKING 1KG OF CANNABIS
the Federal Court in Putrajaya, Malaysia, dismissed Mohd Azhar Saad’s appeal against his death sentence for trafficking in almost 1kg of cannabis.
- OCTOBER 11, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. MALAYSIAN TO HANG FOR MURDER
a Singapore court sentenced Malaysian national Lee Chez Kee to hang for the 13-year-old murder of a university professor. Kee, 37, was found guilty of murdering Lee Kok Cheong while attempting to rob the Singapore professor at his home with two other acco