Adam Adli

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific_prefix = Yang Berhormat Tuan

| name = Adam Adli Abd Halim

| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100%|MP}}

| party = {{flagicon image|Parti Keadilan Rakyat logo.svg}} People's Justice Party (PKR) {{small|(2021–present)}}

| otherparty = {{flagicon image|Pakatan-harapan-logo.svg}} Pakatan Harapan (PH)
{{small|(2021–present)}}

| nationality = Malaysian

| birth_name = Adam Adli bin Abd Halim

| native_name = {{lang|ms|{{Script|Arab|آدم عدلي عبدالحليم}}}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|07|03}}

| birth_place = Butterworth, Seberang Perai, Penang, Malaysia

| office = Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports

| monarch = Abdullah
{{small|(2022–2024)}}
Ibrahim
{{small|(2024–present)}}

| primeminister = Anwar Ibrahim

| minister = Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan

| term_start = 10 December 2022

| term_end =

| predecessor = Ti Lian Ker

| successor =

| constituency = Hang Tuah Jaya

| constituency_MP2 = Hang Tuah Jaya

| parliament2 = Malaysian

| majority2 = 8,638 (2022)

| term_start2 = 19 November 2022

| term_end2 =

| predecessor2 = Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin
(PH–PKR)

| successor2 =

| office3 = 5th Youth Chief of the
People's Justice Party

| term_start3 = 17 July 2022

| term_end3 = 23 May 2025

| president3 = Anwar Ibrahim

| predecessor3 = Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir

| successor3 = Muhammad Kamil Abdul Munim

| deputy3 = Muhammad Kamil Abdul Munim

| office4 = Deputy Youth Chief of
Pakatan Harapan

| alongside4 =
Mohd Hasbie Muda &
Nurthaqaffah Nordin &
Felix Joseph Saang

| term_start4 = 29 July 2022

| term_end4 =

| president4 = Wan Azizah Wan Ismail

| 1blankname4 = Chairman

| 1namedata4 = Anwar Ibrahim

| 2blankname4 = Youth Chief

| 2namedata4 = Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen
{{small|(2022–2025)}}
Woo Kah Leong
{{small|(2025–present)}}

| spouse = Nor Zafirah Mohamad Jamil

| alma_mater = Sultan Idris Education University

| occupation = Politician, activist

| children = 2

| citizenship = {{MAS}}

}}

Adam Adli bin Abd Halim ({{langx|ms-Arab|آدم عدلي بن عبدالحليم|label=Jawi}}; born 3 July 1989) is a Malaysian politician and student activist who has served as the Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan since December 2022 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hang Tuah Jaya since November 2022. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He has served as the Deputy Youth Chief of PH since July 2022. He also served as the 5th Youth Chief of PKR from July 2022 to May 2025.

Early life and education

Adli studied at the Sultan Idris Education University. On 9 January 2013, Adli was suspended for three semesters, which ended in September for allegedly tarnishing the university's name and disturbing public peace and safety.{{cite web|last=Nazlina |first=Maizatul |title=Judge chides UPSI student Adam Adli for being disrespectful to leaders |url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2013/4/26/nation/20130426173227&sec=nation |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130622121748/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2013/4/26/nation/20130426173227&sec=nation |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 June 2013 |work=The Star |accessdate=20 May 2013 |date=26 April 2013 }}

Political career

On 16 September 2021, Adam Adli officially joined the People's Justice Party, along with 20 other young activists and student leaders, including lawyer Asheeq Ali, and activist Sarah Hadi.{{Cite web|last=Ying|first=Teoh Pei|date=2021-09-16|title=Adam Adli officially joins PKR {{!}} New Straits Times|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/politics/2021/09/727781/adam-adli-officially-joins-pkr|access-date=2022-01-24|website=NST Online|language=en}} After the 2022 People's Justice Party leadership elections, he was elected as youth chief for the party for the 2022-2026 term.

Legal Battle

= Sedition charges =

On 13 May 2013, Adam Adli was arrested over the statements he made during a forum held at the Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall in Kuala Lumpur.{{cite web |title=Student activist Adam Adli arrested over his remarks at May 13 forum |url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2013/5/19/nation/13132093&sec=nation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607101055/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2013%2F5%2F19%2Fnation%2F13132093&sec=nation |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 June 2013 |work=The Star |accessdate=20 May 2013 }} He was arrested at 3:15 PM on 18 May 2013 under Section 4(1) of the Sedition Act.{{cite web|title=Where is Pakatan now that Adam Adli is in trouble?|url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/230608|publisher=Malaysia Kini|accessdate=20 May 2013|date=20 May 2013}} Adli was handcuffed at his office in Bangsar will be charged with sedition and is being investigated under Section 125b of the Penal Code, for acting in a manner detrimental to Malaysia's parliamentary democracy.{{cite web|title=UPSI student, Adam Adli arrested by police |url=http://www.thesundaily.com/news/702338 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217143719/http://www.thesundaily.com/news/702338 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 February 2020 |work=The Sun Daily |accessdate=20 May 2013 |date=18 May 2013 }}

On 19 May 2013, Adli was remanded by the Malaysian authorities for five days until 23 May following his arrest for sedition. City police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mohmad Salleh said the remand order was to help police investigate Adam Adli on statements he made during a 13 May forum.{{cite web |last=Kumar |first=M. |title=Student activist Adam Adli remanded 5 days |url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2013/5/19/nation/20130519174605&sec=nation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607090317/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2013%2F5%2F19%2Fnation%2F20130519174605&sec=nation |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 June 2013 |work=The Star |accessdate=20 May 2013 |date=19 May 2013 }}{{cite web|title=Student activist Adam Adli remanded for five days |url=http://news.abnxcess.com/2013/05/student-activist-adam-adli-remanded-for-five-days/ |publisher=ABN News |accessdate=20 May 2013 |date=19 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523041024/http://news.abnxcess.com/2013/05/student-activist-adam-adli-remanded-for-five-days/ |archivedate=23 May 2013 }}

Adam Adli was charged under Section 4 of the Sedition Act on 23 May 2013 in Kuala Lumpur.

On 22 February 2018, Adam Adli was acquitted of his sedition charge. The judge states that "the conviction was unsafe due to several misdirections in law", during the Sessions and High Courts verdicts.{{Cite web|last=Chin|first=Emmanuel Santa Maria|title=After five years, activist Adam Adli acquitted of sedition charge {{!}} Malay Mail|url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2018/02/22/after-five-years-activist-adam-adli-acquitted-of-sedition-charge/1583203|access-date=2022-01-24|website=malaymail.com|language=en}} With him being a free man, Adam Adli continued his studies at the Sultan Idris Education University.{{Cite web|title=Student activist Adam Adli now a free man|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/11/01/student-activist-adam-adli-now-a-free-man|access-date=2022-01-24|website=The Star|language=en}}