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Hassan Abdul Karim

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In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Abdul Karim is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Hassan. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Yang Berhormat Tuan
Hassan Abdul Karim
MP
حسن بن عبد الكريم
5th President of the Parti Rakyat Malaysia
In office
17 April 2005 – 17 November 2009
DeputyS. K. Song
Preceded bySyed Husin Ali
Succeeded byAriffin Salimon
(Acting President)
State Chairman of the
People's Justice Party of Johor
In office
28 December 2018 – 12 July 2019
PresidentWan Azizah Wan Ismail
(2014–2018)
Anwar Ibrahim
(2018–2019)
Preceded byChua Jui Meng
Succeeded bySyed Ibrahim Syed Noh
Chairman of the
Federal-State Relations Select Committee
In office
4 December 2018 – 19 November 2022
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Pasir Gudang
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 May 2018
Preceded byNormala Abdul Samad
(BN–UMNO)
Majority24,726 (2018)
31,558 (2022)
Personal details
Born
Hassan bin Abdul Karim

(1951-10-17) 17 October 1951 (age 73)
Pontian, Johor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Nationality Malaysia
Political partyParti Rakyat Malaysia (PRM)
(1978–2009)
People's Justice Party (PKR)
(since 2009)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Alternatif (BA)
(1998–2004)
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
(2009–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(since 2015)
Residence(s)Pontian Besar, Pontian, Johor, Malaysia
Alma materUniversity of Malaya
University of London
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer
Hassan Abdul Karim on Facebook
Hassan Abdul Karim on Parliament of Malaysia

Hassan bin Abdul Karim (born 17 October 1951; Jawi: حسن بن عبد الكريم) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pasir Gudang since May 2018. He was chairman of the Federal-State Relations Select Committee from December 2018 to November 2022.

He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition, and served as the state chairman of its Johor branch from December 2018 until his resignation in July 2019. Hassan previously led Parti Rakyat Malaysia (PRM) as its president.

Political career

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Hassan, a lawyer by profession,[1] joined PRM in 1978 before rising to become its youth chief.[2] In April 2005, Hassan was elected president by a faction of dissident members who were opposed to party's merger with the National Justice Party into the People's Justice Party (PKR).[3]

Following the rejection of Hassan's proposal that the party enter into the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) opposition coalition at a party congress, he announced his intention to resign on 15 November 2009. The same month, he re-joined PKR, then a Pakatan component party.[3]

In the 2018 general election, Hassan was nominated by PKR to contest the Pasir Gudang parliamentary seat. He defeated incumbent Menteri Besar of Johor Mohamed Khaled Nordin of Barisan Nasional (BN) and three other candidates by a majority of 24,726 votes. On 4 December 2018, Hassan was appointed Chairman of the Federal-State Relations Select Committee, a parliamentary committee.[4]

Following Anwar's release from prison and return as president of PKR, Hassan was appointed the party's Johor state chairman in 2018.[5] However, following allegations of nepotism due to some of the appointees being allegedly linked to Anwar, Hassan initially refused the appointment.[6] On 28 December 2018, he reversed his decision and accepted the position[7] but later resigned 12 July 2019,[8] citing differences with the Johor palace.[9][10]

In the 2022 general election, Hassan successfully defended his seat and was re-elected by a majority of 31,558 votes.

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On 16 November 2015, Hassan was charged at the Shah Alam Sessions Court with three counts of making seditious statements via his public Twitter account in which he was alleged to have criticised the Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah being abroad during Selangor Mentri Besar crisis in 2014.[11] He was discharged not amounting to an acquittal by the Sessions Court in May 2018, following the prosecution's decision to drop the charges.[12] On 10 May 2019, he was finally granted a full acquittal on the sedition charges by the Shah Alam High Court.[13]

Election results

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Parliament of Malaysia[14][15][16][17][18]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
1986 P129 Tebrau Hassan Abdul Karim (PSRM) 16,085 37.21% Siti Zainabon Abu Bakar (UMNO) 27,138 62.79% 45,497 11,053 69.78%
1999 P140 Tebrau Hassan Abdul Karim (PRM) 13,799 21.87% Mohd. Ali Hassan (UMNO) 49,284 78.13% 65,572 35,485 75.19%
2004 P164 Pontian Hassan Abdul Karim (PKR) 5,509 17.12% Hasni Mohammad (UMNO) 26,667 82.88% 33,460 21,158 75.40%
2008 P160 Johor Bahru Hassan Abdul Karim (PRM) 17,794 29.20% Shahrir Abdul Samad (UMNO) 43,143 70.80% 62,440 25,349 69.59%
2013 P144 Ledang Hassan Abdul Karim (PKR) 28,652 48.34% Hamim Samuri (UMNO) 30,619 51.66% 60,382 1,967 87.11%
2018 P159 Pasir Gudang Hassan Abdul Karim (PKR) 61,615 58.68% Mohamed Khaled Nordin (UMNO) 36,889 35.13% 106,576 24,726 85.83%
Ab Aziz Abdullah (PAS) 6,278 5.98%
Sey Jock @ Chee Jock (IND) 227 0.21%
2022 Hassan Abdul Karim (PKR) 71,233 47.72% Mohamad Farid Abdul Razak (BERSATU) 39,675 26.58% 149,280 31,558 75.21%
Noor Azlen Ambros (UMNO) 37,369 25.03%
Mohammad Raffi Beran (IMAN) 1,003 0.67%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "PKR: Pasir Gudang voters more welcoming this time around". V Anbalagan. Free Malaysia Today. 23 November 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Lonely crusade to revive PRM". JOCELINE TAN. The Star. 17 April 2005. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  3. ^ a b "PRM chief joins PKR". Sira Habibu. The Star. 23 November 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Six new select committees announced, Anwar heads reforms caucus". Malaysiakini. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Some obscure faces made PKR state chiefs". Andrew Ong. Malaysiakini. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Hassan Karim rejects Johor PKR chief post". Royce Tan. The Star. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Hassan terima semula jawatan pengerusi PKR Johor". Muhammad Zikri (in Malay). Utusan Malaysia. 1 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Hassan Karim quits as PKR Johor chief". Azril Annuar. Malay Mail. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Anwar: Johor PKR chief resigned over party issues and spat with ruler". Yiswaree Palansamy. Malay Mail. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Hassan adamant on quitting as Johor PKR chief, admits to differences with palace". Lu Wei Hoong. Malaysiakini. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  11. ^ "Johor PKR leader pleads not guilty to making seditious statements against Selangor Sultan". Firdaous Fadzil. The Star. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  12. ^ "Court discharges Johor PKR chief over charge related to tweets on sultan". Free Malaysia Today. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Pasir Gudang MP wins full acquittal on sedition charges". Ng Xiang Yi. Malaysiakini. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  14. ^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  15. ^ "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
  16. ^ "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum. Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 1 May 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  17. ^ "The Star Online GE14 Johor results". election.thestar.com.my.
  18. ^ "The Star Online GE15 Johor results". election.thestar.com.my.
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