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Death penalties are carried out in Malaysia by hanging.As of 2015 the penalty was mandatory in twelve offences and possible in thirty-three. [5] The thirty-three capital crimes included murder, drug trafficking, treason, acts of terrorism, waging war against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, and, since 2007, rape resulting in death. [6]
Malaysia's appeals court on Monday granted a bid by jailed ex-premier Najib Razak to see a document he said should allow him to serve his sentence at home, in a rare win for a disgraced former ...
July 26 – August 11 : Malaysia at the 2024 Summer Olympics [28] July 28 – Malaysia formally applies to become a member of the BRICS economic bloc and geopolitical organization. [29] July 30 – Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is discharged from the National Heart Institute (IJN) after a two-week stay for treatment of a cough. [30]
In light of the Kuching double murders, there was a huge public concern that the crimes against foreign tourists had been rising in Malaysia, the worst of which included the murder of Stephanie Foray, a French tourist who died on Tioman Island in 2011; a 39-year-old Malaysian shopkeeper named Asni Omar was found guilty of murder and sentenced ...
Crime in Malaysia manifests in various forms, including murder, drive-by shooting, [1] drug trafficking, money laundering, fraud, black marketeering, and many others. [2] Sex trafficking in Malaysia is a significant problem. [3] [4] [5] The crime rate in Malaysia showed a decline of 11.9% in 2018 compared to the previous year. [6]
The 2024 Ulu Tiram police station attack was an attack that occurred on 17 May 2024 on the Malaysian police station in Ulu Tiram, Johor, Malaysia. [2] Two police officers were killed while one was left injured. The sole attacker identified as Radin Luqman Radin Imran was fatally shot thereafter. [1]
In June 2024, a month after the re-sentencing of Teh, Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said revealed in Parliament that out of all the 474 death row applications heard in Malaysia between November 2023 and 31 May 2024, there were 19 people (all of whom were convicted of murder) who failed to have their death sentences reduced while the rest, including ...
Berita Harian – Malaysia (including Georgetown (the state capital of Penang Island), Johor Bahru and Johor Bahru District)'s nationwide Malaysian Malay-language oldest daily newspaper for Malaysian Malays (includes Johorean Malay and Penangite Malay) community was officially first published based in Singapore and first published as Berita Harian on 1 July 1957.