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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]
Definition of terrorism in Malaysia. The international community has not been able to come to a universally-accepted definition of terrorism. The difficulty in defining terrorism stem from the fact that it is politically and emotionally charged. The history of terrorism incidence in Northern Ireland, Middle East and South East Asia indicate ...
Attacks on US diplomatic facilities. An angry mob led by members of the Muslim clergy and including many members of the Iranian Army beat Consul Robert W. Imbrie to death. The mob blamed America for poisoning a well. [ 1] The second of two bomb attacks on the embassy in Gabon.
Counter-terrorism in Malaysia is a series of measures implemented in Malaysia to detect and prevent terrorism as well as to minimise damages from such terrorist acts should they occur. These measures involve all levels of security services including military, police, border and infrastructure security, civil defence, medical readiness and ...
Global Peace Index ( GPI) is a report produced by the Australia based NGO Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) which measures the relative position of nations' and regions' peacefulness. [ 2] The GPI ranks 163 independent states and territories (collectively accounting for 99.7 per cent of the world's population) according to their levels of ...
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Malaysian law. There are currently 27 capital crimes in Malaysia, including murder, drug trafficking, treason, acts of terrorism, waging war against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, and, since 2003, rape resulting in death, or the rape of a child. Executions are carried out by hanging.
The protection of basic human rights is enshrined in Constitution of Malaysia. These include liberty of the person (Article 5) and prohibition of slavery and forced labour (Article 6). At the national level, legislative measures that exist to prevent human rights violations and abuses can be found in acts and laws on issues that either have a ...
On 13 February 2017, Kim Jong-nam, the older half-brother of the dictator of North Korea Kim Jong Un, was assassinated at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia. He had been living abroad since his exile from North Korea in 2003. Following his visit to the resort island Langkawi, Kim Jong-nam arrived at terminal 2 sometime before 9: ...