Malaysia legislation
Section 97
of PENAL CODE
Section 97
Right of private defence of the body and of property
(a)
his own body, and the body of any other person, against any offence affecting the human body;
(b)
the property, whether movable or immovable, of himself or of any other person, against any act which is an offence falling under the definition of theft, robbery, mischief or criminal trespass, or which is an attempt to commit theft, robbery, mischief or criminal trespass.
Right of private defence against the act of a person of unsound mind