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Malaysia

Barometer

Retentionist
Country status
97
Sentenced
0
Execution(s)
15
Conviction(s)
Figures for 2025. The last execution in Malaysia took place in 2017.

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Anti Death Penalty Asia Network
Asia

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Abolition process
Overview 2025 – The process of abolishing the death penalty in member states of the OIC
Jan 2026
summary report UPR malaysia
Human Rights Protection Mechanisms
Summary – alternative report on the death penalty in view of Malaysia’s 2024 UPR
Oct 2023
Couverture du rapport "Isolement et désespoir: conditions de détention des condamnés à mort: Malaisie"
Conditions of detention
Isolation and desolation: conditions of detention of people sentenced to death, Malaysia
Oct 2022
MALAYSIA 31ST SESSION OF THE WORKING GROUP ON THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW DEATH PENALTY november 2018
Human Rights Protection Mechanisms
Malaysia 31st session of the working group on the universal periodic review November 2018
Oct 2022

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Table – Voting trends on the UN resolution calling for a universal moratorium
Leaflet – UN resolution calling for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty
The death penalty in law and in practice in Malaysia
Infographics – the death penalty in Malaysia (2024)
Monitoring conditions of detention of prisoners sentenced to death: pratical guide for NHRIs and NPMs
Video – The death penalty in Malaysia (2023)
Following the abolition of the mandatory death penalty in 2023, more than 900 individuals on death row who had exhausted their ordinary legal appeals have had a chance to seek a review of their sentence. The Federal Court of Malaysia began hearing resentencing applications in November 2023. Thus far, 835 death sentences have been reversed after review and replaced with life imprisonment - between 30 and 40 years (and whipping for male convicts depending on the crime). ADPAN and ECPM encourage the Malaysian government to take further steps towards the total abolition of the death penalty, including abolishing capital punishment for drug-related offences.
Infographics – the death penalty in Malaysia (2022-23)
Representing Individuals Facing the Death Penalty in Malaysia: A Best Practices Manual for Lawyers
Map – death penalty in Asia 2021
Abolition of the death penalty: A practical guide for NHRIs
Proceedings 2d Regional congress – Kuala lumpur 2015

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Illustration du 5e Congrès régional de Tokyo
Advocacy, Event
5th Regional Congress on the Death Penalty : Heading for East Asia
15 October 2025
The next ECPM Regional Congress is fast approaching and will take place in Tokyo, Japan, from 7 to 9 November. This pivotal moment for the international abolitionist community aims to address the situation of the death penalty in East Asia, which remains the continent with the highest execution rate in…
Poster Abolition Now Tour
In the field
#AbolitionNowTour : The Youth Stands Against the Death Penalty
24 February 2022
ECPM is glad to introduce an unprecedented experience! In the framework of the 8th World Congress Against the Death Penalty, due in Berlin in November 2022, ECPM just wrapped up the #AbolitionNowTour: a unique mobilization programe intended for young people from Africa, Asia, the Middle-East and North America. The project targetted 6 countries…
Pannir's picture a sentenced to death in Malaysia
Editorial / opinion page, Testimony
Interview: “Pannir’s case has the potential to change the general public’s opinion towards the death penalty”
15 February 2022
poster Aran Tuju malaysian pop star who sing for a sentenced to death
Editorial / opinion page
In Malaysia, a pop star sings the words of a death row prisoner
17 April 2021
Pannir writes, Santesh sings; both are Malaysian and have almost the same age (33 and 32). But one is on death row in Changi Prison (Singapore), while the other is an M-pop (Malaysian pop) star. In his third album, “Arah Tuju”, launched in Malaysia on 17 April, the artist sings…
cover publication
Publication
The process of abolishing the death penalty in member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
26 November 2020
As the 47th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers organised by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is being held in Niamey, Niger, on 27 and 28 November 2020, ECPM and Nael Georges publish the study The process of abolishing the death penalty in member states of the Organisation…
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In the field
Launch of a small grants programme in Indonesia and Malaysia
23 October 2020
ECPM, along with its partners ADPAN and KontraS, is launching its small grants programme for 2021 in Indonesia and Malaysia. Two projects by country, running 3 to 12 months from January 2021 and based outside the capitals, will be selected. The application deadline is 22 November 2020. General objective of these calls : providing support…
Editorial / opinion page
Malaysian parliamentarian Kasthuri Patto addresses the media on World Day Against the Death Penalty
10 October 2019
Kasthuri Patto, a convinced abolitionist and parliamentarian in Malaysia, addresses the media around the world to report on the situation of the death penalty in her country. With the arrival of the Pakatan Harapan government last year, the parliamentarian welcomes the fact that abolition has never been so close. The…
Editorial / opinion page
Malaysia: a model path towards abolition [video]
23 January 2019
“Malaysia must become the Tiger of Asia”, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad told the United Nations General Assembly in late 2018. A “Tiger” who, last year, in just a few months, made an impression with his determination to abolish the death penalty step by step in a region surrounded by…
Editorial / opinion page, In the field
Malaysia: a model path towards abolition [video]
23 January 2019
“Malaysia must become the Tiger of Asia”, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad told the United Nations General Assembly in late 2018. A “Tiger” who, last year, in just a few months, made an impression with his determination to abolish the death penalty step by step in a region surrounded by…
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