First Admiral (Rtd)
Mohamad Imran Abdul Hamid
KMN
محمد عمران بن عبدالحميد
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2013–2018People's Justice Party
Faction represented in Dewan Negara
2018–2021Pakatan Harapan
Personal details
Born
Mohamad Imran bin Abdul Hamid

1954 (age 69–70)
[where?]
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyPeople's Justice Party (PKR)
Other political
affiliations		Pakatan Harapan (PH)
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
SpouseChe Saleha Che Abdul Rahman
Children6 (1 son, 5 daughters)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionSenior Royal Malaysian Navy Officer
Military service
Allegiance Malaysia
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Branch/service Royal Malaysian Navy
RankFirst Admiral
(Malay: Laksamana Pertama)
CommandsKD Pelanduk

First Admiral (Rtd) Mohamad Imran bin Abdul Hamid (Jawi: محمد عمران بن عبدالحميد) is a Malaysian politician. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.

Imran was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lumut for one term from 2013 to 2018 after winning the parliamentary seat in the 2013 general election.[1] He contested the Perak State Legislative Assembly seat of Bukit Chandan instead in the 2018 general election but lost. Later he was appointed as a Senator in the Upper House Dewan Negara of the Parliament of Malaysia for the term 27 August 2018 to 26 August 2021.[2]

Controversy

In 2019, Imran had proposed a sexual harassment law to 'protect men' from being seduced into committing sexual crimes and to 'ensure men are safe and the country is peaceful', during the debate on Syarie Legal Profession (Federal Territories) Bill 2019 at the Dewan Negara.[3][4] He immediately received a lot of protest from many who were upset with his disgusting unthoughtful and insensitive suggestion including his own party, PKR's president, Anwar Ibrahim who ask him to retract his proposal.[5][6] He apologised 'a million times' for his big mistake that hurts the feelings of many women and also insulted the men and retract his proposal on the next day.[7][8]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia[9][10][11][12]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2013 P074 Lumut, Perak Mohd Imran Abd Hamid (PKR) 40,308 55.64% Kong Cho Ha (MCA) 32,140 44.36% 73,753 8,168 83.53%
Perak State Legislative Assembly[9][13][14]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2018 N34 Bukit Chandan Mohd Imran Abd Hamid (PKR) 5,465 38.66% Maslin Sham Razman (UMNO) 5,929 41.94% 14,390 464 83.13%
Intan Norhani Mohd Basir (PAS) 2,743 19.40%

Honours

See also

References

  1. ^ "BN Perak sedia hadapi Imran di Parlimen Lumut". ww2.utusan.com.my. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  2. ^ "12 Pakatan and Warisan members made senators". The Star Online. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  3. ^ "PKR senator: Law needed to 'protect men' from being seduced into committing sexual crimes". New Straits Times. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  4. ^ Teoh Pei Ying (31 July 2019). "PKR senator's suggestion disgusting, says Hannah Yeoh". New Straits Times. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  5. ^ "AWAM condemns PKR senator's suggestion". New Straits Times. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Retract, you make men look bad, Anwar tells PKR senator". Free Malaysia Today. 1 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  7. ^ "PKR senator 'apologises a million times', retracts proposal to protect men from being seduced into sex crimes". Channel News Asia. 1 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  8. ^ Victor, Daniel (1 August 2019). "After Claiming Men Are 'Seduced' Into Rape, Malaysian Senator Apologizes". New York Times. Reuters. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  9. ^ a b "Malaysia General Election". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
  10. ^ "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  11. ^ "my undi : Kawasan & Calon-Calon PRU13 : Keputusan PRU13 (Archived copy)". www.myundi.com.my. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  12. ^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13". Utusan Malaysia. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  13. ^ "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  14. ^ "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
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