International Journal of Law Reconstruction
Vol 2, No 2 (2018): INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LAW RECONSTRUCTION

SYSTEMS AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN MALAYSIA

Ong Argo Victoria (Internasional Islamic University Malaysia)
Fadly Ameer (Internasional Islamic University Malaysia)



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Publish Date
09 Sep 2018

Abstract

Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia with an area of 329 758 km2 and a population in 2007 amounted to 27.17 million. Of the total population in 2007, 60% are ethnic Malay “Bumiputera”, 26% ethnic Chinese, 8% Indians, 5% other ethnic Bumiputera, and 1% other ethnic groups such as Arabic, Sinhalese, Eurasian and Europe.[1] Under the constitution, Malays are Malaysian citizens who practice a traditional Malay, Melayu Language, and Muslim. Approximately 25% of the Malaysian population is Chinese, and 7% is made up of India. Almost 85% of the races Indians in Malaysia are Tamil community. More than half the population of Sarawak and Sabah 66% of the population consists of non-Malay indigenous people. The entry of another race to some extent reduce the percentage of indigenous population in the two states. In addition, Malaysia also has a population that comes out of Europe and the Middle East. Malaysia's population density is not distributed evenly, with 17 million of the 25 million people living in Peninsula Malaysia.

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FOCUS The focus of International Journal of Law Reconstruction (IJLR) is to provide scientific Law article based on themes that developed in attendance through the article publications, research reports, and book reviews. SCOPE International Journal of Law Reconstruction (IJLR) specializing in the ...