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
- MAY 1, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
In a survey, 54
In a survey, 54
- APRIL 27, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The family of Malaysian computer engineer Noor Suzaily...
The family of Malaysian computer engineer Noor Suzaily Mukhtar said they felt her death was vindicated with the death sentence imposed on Hanafi Mat Hassan
- APRIL 26, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
An express bus driver was sentenced to death by a Malaysian...
An express bus driver was sentenced to death by a Malaysian High Court for murdering a computer engineer on October 7, 2000
- APRIL 25, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysia voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the...
Malaysia voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 23, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
In Malaysia a member of the Pahang State Legislative...
In Malaysia a member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly, Abdul Aziz Long, suggested that the mandatory death sentence be applied to incest offenders
- APRIL 23, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Public whipping to punish those who commit incest can...
Public whipping to punish those who commit incest can be carried out if the people support the move, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said
- APRIL 10, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A taxi driver and his girlfriend were sentenced to...
A taxi driver and his girlfriend were sentenced to death by a Malaysian High Court after they were convicted of trafficking in 26
- APRIL 10, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A policeman who served as a bodyguard to Malaysia's...
A policeman who served as a bodyguard to Malaysia's king was sentenced to death for what prosecutors called the jealousy-fuelled murder of a teenage pop singer
- MARCH 12, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A Malaysian court charged an Australian woman with...
A Malaysian court charged an Australian woman with carrying heroin in transit under a law carrying a maximum sentence of five years in jail rather than the death sentence for traffickers
- MARCH 1, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
An Australian woman appeared in court in Malaysia on...
An Australian woman appeared in court in Malaysia on charges of trying to smuggle 3kg of heroin hidden in her corset onto a flight to Sydney
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A debt collector escaped the gallows when the Court...
A debt collector escaped the gallows when the Court of Appeal in Kuala Lumpur set aside the death sentence imposed on him by the High Court for heroin trafficking and amended the charge to one of possession
- FEBRUARY 5, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Two factory workers convicted of trafficking in cannabis...
Two factory workers convicted of trafficking in cannabis escaped the gallows after the Court of Appeal acquitted one of them and reduced the charge against the other
- JANUARY 25, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A 49-year-old man convicted of drug trafficking was...
A 49-year-old man convicted of drug trafficking was hanged at the Kajang Prison
- JANUARY 18, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A quarry worker was sentenced to death by the High...
A quarry worker was sentenced to death by the High Court in Ipoh, Malaysia, for the murder of a Bangladeshi petrol pump attendant
- JANUARY 17, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A 33-year-old Singaporean was sentenced to death by...
A 33-year-old Singaporean was sentenced to death by the High Court in Penang for trafficking in 801
- JANUARY 16, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Federal Narcotics Department deputy director (Intelligence/Operations)...
Federal Narcotics Department deputy director (Intelligence/Operations) Senior Assistant I Mohd Najib Abd Aziz said 20,938 pushers were nabbed in 2001 under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, as compared to 15,920 in 2000
- JANUARY 13, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Possession of arms is an offence punishable by death
Possession of arms is an offence punishable by death
- JANUARY 10, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 on possessing...
Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 on possessing and distributing drugs carries a mandatory death sentence
- JANUARY 1, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The King alone is empowered to commute death sentences
The King alone is empowered to commute death sentences
- JANUARY 1, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
On december 21, 2001 state narcotics chief Supt Othman...
On december 21, 2001 state narcotics chief Supt Othman Harun said having small amounts of drugs does not mean that pushers can escape the gallows
- JANUARY 1, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
On november 8, 2001 a National Dadah Agency report...
On november 8, 2001 a National Dadah Agency report said 18,043 offenders were arrested under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and Dangerous Drugs Act (Special Preventive Measures) 1985 in the first nine months of 2001
- JANUARY 1, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Section 302 of the Penal Code carries a mandatory death...
Section 302 of the Penal Code carries a mandatory death sentence for murder
- JANUARY 1, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
More than 200 people have been hanged in Malaysia since...
More than 200 people have been hanged in Malaysia since a mandatory death penalty was introduced for convicted drug traffickers in 1975
- JANUARY 1, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Under Hudud laws, an unmarried women who is pregnant...
Under Hudud laws, an unmarried women who is pregnant faces the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The Malaysian High Courts only try criminal cases punishable...
The Malaysian High Courts only try criminal cases punishable with the death penalty
- DECEMBER 29, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, commenting...
Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, commenting on the death sentence and life imprisonment passed on the 19 Al-Ma'unah members, said the government has never tolerated violent acts like the one perpetrated by the Al-Ma'unah group and people shou
- DECEMBER 28, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Malaysia sentenced three leaders of a Muslim...
A court in Malaysia sentenced three leaders of a Muslim sect to death by hanging after convicting them of armed rebellion to create an Islamic state in the multi-cultural nation
- DECEMBER 27, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysia's High Court declared that an Islamic sect...
Malaysia's High Court declared that an Islamic sect was guilty of armed rebellion and 19 of its members could face the death penalty
- DECEMBER 26, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Following a letter from a concerned reader who lamented...
Following a letter from a concerned reader who lamented the rape of an eight-year-old girl in front of her parents in Kepong, saying that convicted rapists deserve to die, The Paper That Cares took up her rallying cry and conducted a public poll which rec
- DECEMBER 21, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
State narcotics chief Supt Othman Harun said having...
State narcotics chief Supt Othman Harun said having small amounts of drugs does not mean that pushers can escape the gallows