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1 sty 2012 · This chapter provides a contemporary and critical overview of Malaysia’s criminal justice system and of government responses to the extent of crime in modern Malaysia. It includes sections on contemporary crime data, prosecution and conviction rates and levels...
The Penal Code is the first statute which provided for general criminal offences in Malaysia. According to Koh and Myint Soe, there are two reasons why the Penal Code may be said to be exhaustive.23 The first is based on its long title, which reads, "an Act to consolidate the law relating to criminal offences".24 And secondly,
14 wrz 2023 · Malaysia has retained the death penalty for violent crimes and some nonviolent drug offenses. Major news dailies, controlled by political parties in the ruling coalition, have helped justify this stance in the past.
6 lip 2019 · Abstract. The amendment of the Malaysian Criminal Procedure Code in 2010 formalised the plea-bargaining process and introduced two new sections, 172C and 172D. The new procedures are intended to reduce the backlog of cases in the criminal courts and as a swift alternative to a full criminal trial.
8 wrz 2020 · Based on that backgrounds, this article critically examines the existing post-appeal avenues in Malaysia and highlights that they are ineffective to deal with claims of miscarriages justice.
12 mar 2020 · This chapter will introduce the reader to the complex history of the Malaysian legal system, examining the application of Islamic justice systems before the colonial period, during the arrival of British Common Law and its post-colonial and contemporary qualities and characteristics.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a contemporary and critical overview of Malaysia's criminal justice system and of government responses to the extent of crime in modern Malaysia, including crime data, prosecution and conviction rates and levels of incarceration.
