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
- JANUARY 1, 2006MalaysiaDEATH 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 6, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. GOVERNMENT HAS NO PLANS TO REPLACE DEATH SENTENCE BY HANGING
it was reported that the government of Malaysia had no plans to replace the death penalty by hanging with other methods of executions such as using the electric chair or lethal injection even though studies on other options had been undertaken.
- DECEMBER 2, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. MALAYSIA BACKS SINGAPORE DECISION TO EXECUTE AUSTRALIAN
Malaysia's Foreign Minister supported Singapore's decision to execute Australian heroin trafficker Nguyen Tuong Van, saying the death penalty was a necessary legal deterrent.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. CASHIER TO HANG FOR MURDER
V. Alaggandiran, a 26 year old former cashier of a video game arcade, was sentenced to the gallows by the High Court in Shah Alam, Malaysia, after being found guilty of murdering a factory worker because the latter was in love with his cousin.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. MAN TO HANG FOR MOM'S MURDER
Ho Sek Kong was sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court for the brutal murder of his mother.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. SCHIZOPHRENIC HAS DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
Huzairin Azmi, a chronic schizophrenic, escaped the gallows when the Malaysian High Court acquitted him of murder on the grounds of insanity. Justice Datuk Abdull Hamid Embong, however, said that since Azmi, 21, had caused the death of a person, he would
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. INDONESIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a Malaysian court sentenced Mardani Hussin, an Indonesian man, to death by hanging for trafficking cannabis.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysia. Trafficking death penalty commuted
Lim Hock Boon, 40, escaped the gallows for allegedly trafficking in about a kilogram of cannabis because others had access to a car where the drugs were hidden.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysia. Man escapes gallows on appeal
a Court of Appeal in Malaysia allowed Mohd Fauzi Ridzwan's appeal against a High Court conviction for trafficking in 4.5kg of ganja.
- AUGUST 31, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. CONVICTED TRAFFICKER GETS DEATH SENTENCE
the Malaysian High Court sentenced Mohamad Che Tam, unemployed, to death after finding him guilty of trafficking in 24.7g of heroin.
- AUGUST 26, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. MALAYSIAN MAN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR CHINESE GIRL'S MURDER
Took Leng How, a 23-year-old Malaysian man, was sentenced to death by hanging after being found guilty of murdering an eight-year-old mainland Chinese girl in Singapore. Judge Lai Kew Chai in his verdict said the prosecution had proven its case that Took,
- AUGUST 13, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. COURT AFFIRMS DEATH FOR THREE
former bus driver Hanafi Mat Hassan, 37, failed to overturn his death sentence for the murder of a 24-year-old female computer engineer.
- AUGUST 10, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. INSURANCE EXECUTIVE SPARED HANGMAN'S NOOSE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the Malaysian Court of Appeal commuted the death sentence passed on Denish Madhavan, a 33-year-old insurance executive, for drug trafficking.
- AUGUST 2, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. NIGERIAN WOMAN LOSES DRUG APPEAL, TO FACE DEATH
Malaysia’s highest court has sentenced a Nigerian mother of five to death after refusing to overturn her drug trafficking conviction, a newspaper reported.
- JULY 5, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. DESPATCH RIDER LOSES APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE IN FEDERAL COURT
the Federal Court dismissed the appeal of Mohamad Yazri Minhat against the death sentence imposed by the High Court which found him guilty of trafficking 133 kg of cannabis.
- MAY 18, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. MAN WHO KILLED GIRLFRIEND'S DAUGHTER ESCAPES GALLOWS ON APPEAL
M. Thirunyanam, a coconut seller convicted of murder, escaped the mandatory death sentence when the Court of Appeal in Malaysia reduced the conviction to that of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and sentenced him to the maximum jail term of 20 ye
- APRIL 21, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING
Chong Chee Kong, a 46-year-old man who escaped from remand in Johor in 1989, was sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court for drug trafficking. Kong, who had been on the run, was caught by police in 2001.
- APRIL 20, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR CHINESE NATIONAL
the Malysian Court of Appeal reaffirmed a 2002 High Court ruling sentencing Chan King Yu, a Chinese national, to death for drug trafficking. Judge Datuk Gopal Sri Ram, in giving the court's unanimous decision, said the appellate court was satisfied that t
- APRIL 20, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysia voted against the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Malaysia voted against the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- MARCH 26, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. BUSINESSMAN TO BE HANGED FOR MURDER AFTER PROSECUTORS' APPEAL
Kenneth Lee Fook Mun, a Malaysian businessman, was sentenced to death after prosecutors won an appeal for harsher punishment over the shooting death of an accountant.
- MARCH 24, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. HANGMEN IN LINE FOR A 75% PAY RISE
it was reported that Malaysia’s hangmen and floggers had won pay rises. For every hanging, executioners would be paid the equivalent of 100 EU (490 Malaysian Ringgits), up from 60 EU.
- MARCH 21, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. COURT AFFIRMS DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN CONVICTED OF MURDERING BANGLADESHI
the Federal Court of Malaysia in Bernama upheld the conviction and death sentence imposed on Francis Antonysamy for murdering a Bangladeshi man in oil palm estate in Temerloh. Francis, 33, had been sentenced to death by the Temerloh High Court for murderi
- MARCH 7, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. DECISION ON HANAFI'S APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE DEFERRED
the Malaysian Court of Appeal postponed indefinitely the decision on the appeal by Hanafi Mat Hassan against his death sentence for killing computer engineer Noor Suzaily Mukhtar.
- MARCH 1, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. RESTAURANT OWNER ESCAPES GALLOWS
restaurant owner Cheah Yoon Lim escaped the gallows when the Malaysian Court of Appeals amended a drug charge from trafficking to possessing 70.2 grammes of the prohibited substance.
- FEBRUARY 25, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A. Sridhar, a soldier, was sentenced to death
A. Sridhar, a soldier, was sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 23, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Ahmad Najib Aris, a 29 year old Malaysian man, was sentenced to death
Ahmad Najib Aris, a 29 year old Malaysian man, was sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 15, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International urged Malaysia to halt the planned deportation
Amnesty International urged Malaysia to halt the planned deportation
- FEBRUARY 3, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysia revealed it had executed 358 people by hanging in the past 24 years.
Malaysia revealed it had executed 358 people by hanging in the past 24 years.
- JANUARY 27, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Filipino Nelson Tanoja Diana, 50, was sentenced to death
Filipino Nelson Tanoja Diana, 50, was sentenced to death
- JANUARY 24, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Liew Chee Hong, a mosaic layer convicted of trafficking...
Liew Chee Hong, a mosaic layer convicted of trafficking...