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Sabah's legislature has enacted two significant pieces of legislation reshaping Islamic inheritance law and the customary justice system, marking a substantial reform of legal frameworks affecting the state's Muslim and indigenous populations.
Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has urged Malaysia to adopt a more robust legal framework against cybercrime, citing 66,204 fraud cases in 2025 causing nearly RM3 billion in losses. He briefed government MPs on the proposed Cybercrime Bill 2026.
Malaysia's Prisons (Amendment) Bill 2026 seeks to involve community volunteers in inmate rehabilitation while introducing electronic monitoring devices and increasing penalties for prison-related offences.
Malaysia introduced the Cybercrime Bill 2026 this week, imposing heightened penalties for online crimes including identity theft, AI-generated content abuse, digital fraud, and intimate image distribution.
Malaysia's parliament has begun reviewing the Prisons (Amendment) Bill 2026, which would authorize electronic monitoring of inmates and expand prison rehabilitation through volunteer programmes, marking a significant modernization of the country's corrections system.
Malaysia's Transport Ministry has tabled a new amendment to crack down on illegal street racing and speed testing, introducing specific criminal offences with penalties reaching five years imprisonment and fines up to RM20,000 for repeat offenders.