Mohamad Imran Abdul Hamid Explained

Honorific-Prefix:First Admiral (Rtd)
Mohamad Imran Abdul Hamid
Native Name:محمد عمران بن عبدالحميد
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
Party:People's Justice Party (PKR)
Otherparty:Pakatan Harapan (PH)
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
Citizenship:Malaysian
Occupation:Politician
Profession:Senior Royal Malaysian Navy Officer
Spouse:Che Saleha Che Abdul Rahman
Children:6 (1 son, 5 daughters)
Allegiance:
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Rank:First Admiral
(Malay: Laksamana Pertama)
Commands:KD 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

Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2013P074 Lumut, Perak (PKR)40,30855.64%Kong Cho Ha (MCA)32,14044.36%73,7538,16883.53%
Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2018N34 Bukit Chandan (PKR)5,465 38.66% (UMNO)5,92941.94%14,390464 83.13%
Intan Norhani Mohd Basir (PAS)2,74319.40%

Honours

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BN Perak sedia hadapi Imran di Parlimen Lumut. ww2.utusan.com.my. 2017-08-31.
  2. News: 12 Pakatan and Warisan members made senators. The Star Online. 28 August 2018. 2 April 2019.
  3. News: PKR senator: Law needed to 'protect men' from being seduced into committing sexual crimes. New Straits Times. 31 July 2019. 2 August 2019.
  4. News: PKR senator's suggestion disgusting, says Hannah Yeoh. New Straits Times. Teoh Pei Ying. 31 July 2019. 2 August 2019.
  5. News: AWAM condemns PKR senator's suggestion. New Straits Times. 31 July 2019. 2 August 2019.
  6. News: Retract, you make men look bad, Anwar tells PKR senator. Free Malaysia Today. 1 August 2019. 2 August 2019.
  7. News: PKR senator 'apologises a million times', retracts proposal to protect men from being seduced into sex crimes. . 1 August 2019. 2 August 2019.
  8. News: Victor . Daniel . After Claiming Men Are 'Seduced' Into Rape, Malaysian Senator Apologizes . 2 August 2019 . Reuters . New York Times . 1 August 2019.
  9. Web site: Sultan Selangor's 61st Birthday Honours list. The Star (Malaysia). 27 May 2024. 16 July 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080716163441/http://thestar.com.my/news/list.asp?file=/2006/12/13/southneast/16272450&sec=southneast.