Mohamad Imran Abdul Hamid
{{short description|Malaysian politician}}
{{Malay name|Mohamad Imran|Abdul Hamid}}
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|honorific-prefix = First Admiral (Rtd)
| name = Mohamad Imran Abdul Hamid
|native_name = محمد عمران بن عبدالحميد
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| office3 = Faction represented in Dewan Negara
| subterm3 = 2018–2021
| suboffice3 = Pakatan Harapan
| office1 = Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
| subterm1 = 2013–2018
| suboffice1 = People's Justice Party
| birth_name = Mohamad Imran bin Abdul Hamid
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1953}}
| birth_place = {{where|date=September 2018}}
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| party = People's Justice Party (PKR)
| otherparty = Pakatan Harapan (PH)
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
| citizenship = Malaysian
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| occupation = Politician
| profession = Senior Royal Malaysian Navy Officer
| spouse = Che Saleha Che Abdul Rahman
| children = 6 (1 son, 5 daughters)
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| allegiance = {{Flag|Malaysia}}
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Supreme Head of Malaysia.svg}} Yang di-Pertuan Agong
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| rank = First Admiral
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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.{{cite web|url=http://ww2.utusan.com.my/utusan/special.asp?pr=PilihanRaya2013&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&furl&Pilihan_Raya/20130408/px_23/BN-Perak-sedia-hadapi-Imran-di-Parlimen-Lumut|website=ww2.utusan.com.my|title=BN Perak sedia hadapi Imran di Parlimen Lumut|accessdate=2017-08-31}} 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/08/28/12-pakatan-and-warisan-members-made-senators/|title=12 Pakatan and Warisan members made senators|work=The Star Online|date=28 August 2018|access-date=2 April 2019}}
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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/government-public-policy/2019/07/508788/pkr-senator-law-needed-protect-men-being-seduced|title=PKR senator: Law needed to 'protect men' from being seduced into committing sexual crimes|work=New Straits Times|date=31 July 2019|access-date=2 August 2019}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/07/508818/pkr-senators-suggestion-disgusting-says-hannah-yeoh|title=PKR senator's suggestion disgusting, says Hannah Yeoh|work=New Straits Times|author= Teoh Pei Ying|date=31 July 2019|access-date=2 August 2019}} 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/07/508798/awam-condemns-pkr-senators-suggestion|title=AWAM condemns PKR senator's suggestion|work=New Straits Times|date=31 July 2019|access-date=2 August 2019}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2019/08/01/retract-you-make-men-look-bad-anwar-tells-pkr-senator/|title=Retract, you make men look bad, Anwar tells PKR senator|work=Free Malaysia Today|date=1 August 2019|access-date=2 August 2019}} 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/malaysia-senator-apology-million-times-men-protect-seduced-11771970|title=PKR senator 'apologises a million times', retracts proposal to protect men from being seduced into sex crimes|publisher=Channel News Asia |date=1 August 2019|access-date=2 August 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Victor |first1=Daniel |title=After Claiming Men Are 'Seduced' Into Rape, Malaysian Senator Apologizes |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/world/asia/malaysia-sexual-assault-seduced.html |accessdate=2 August 2019 |agency=Reuters |work=New York Times |date=1 August 2019}}
Election results
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|+ Perak State Legislative Assembly{{Cite web | title = Malaysia General Election | work= Malaysiakini | url = http://undi.info/# | accessdate = 4 February 2017}} Results only available from the 2004 election.{{cite web|url=https://keputusan.spr.gov.my/|title=SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14|publisher=Election Commission of Malaysia |language=ms|accessdate=17 May 2018}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.{{cite web|url=https://election.thestar.com.my/|title=The Star Online GE14|work=The Star|accessdate=24 May 2018}} Percentage figures based on total turnout. !|Year !|Constituency !colspan=2|Candidate !|Votes !|Pct !colspan=2|Opponent(s) !|Votes !|Pct !|Ballots cast !|Majority !|Turnout |
| rowspan="2" |2018
| rowspan=2|N34 Bukit Chandan | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Keadilan}} | | rowspan="2" |{{nowrap|Mohamad Imran Abdul Hamid}} (PKR) | rowspan="2" align="right" |5,465 | rowspan="2" |38.66% |{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} | |{{nowrap|Maslin Sham Razman}} (UMNO) | align="right" |5,929 |41.94% | rowspan="2" |14,390 | rowspan="2" |464 | rowspan="2" |83.13% |
| {{Party shading/PAS}} |
|Intan Norhani Mohd Basir (PAS) |align="right" |2,743 |19.40% |
Honours
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- 50px Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (1995)
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- 50px Companion of the Order of the Crown of Selangor (SMS) (2006){{cite web|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/list.asp?file=/2006/12/13/southneast/16272450&sec=southneast|title=Sultan Selangor's 61st Birthday Honours list|work=The Star (Malaysia)|access-date=27 May 2024|archive-date=16 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080716163441/http://thestar.com.my/news/list.asp?file=/2006/12/13/southneast/16272450&sec=southneast}}
See also
References
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