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Bung Moktar Radin
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| Deputy Chief Minister of Sabah I | |
| Assumed office 29 September 2020 Serving with Jeffrey Kitingan and Joachim Gunsalam | |
| Governor | Juhar Mahiruddin |
| Chief Minister | Hajiji Noor |
| Preceded by | Jaujan Sambakong |
| Constituency | Lamag |
| Sabah State Minister of Works | |
| Assumed office 29 September 2020 | |
| Governor | Juhar Mahiruddin |
| Chief Minister | Hajiji Noor |
| Assistant Minister | Limus Jury Robert Tawik |
| Preceded by | Peter Anthony as Minister of Infrastructure Development |
| Constituency | Lamag |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Kinabatangan | |
| Assumed office 29 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Juhar Mahiruddin (UMNO–BN) |
| Majority | 3,895 (1999) Unopposed (2004) 6,326 (2008) 9,731 (2013) 9,478 (2018) |
| Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Lamag | |
| Assumed office 26 September 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Majority | 661 (2020) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bung Moktar bin Radin (1958-09-15) 15 September 1958 (age 65) Kampung Bilit, Sukau, Kinabatangan, Sandakan, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia) |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | United Sabah National Organisation (USNO) United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (aligned) Muafakat Nasional (MN) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (official coalition) |
| Spouse(s) | Datin Sri Nor Asidah Alimudin Datin Sri Zizie Ezette (m. 2009) |
| Occupation | Politician |
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Dato' Sri Bung Moktar bin Radin (born 15 September 1958) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Chief Minister I and State Minister of Works of Sabah since September 2020. He has also served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kinabatangan since November 1999 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Lamag since September 2020. A member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition which is aligned with the ruling Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition. He has also served as the State Chairman of UMNO and BNofSabah since December 2018 after the BN strongman in Sabah politics and former Chief Minister of Sabah Musa Aman. [1] Dato' Sri Bung Mokhtar Agreed to join Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) with PBS, STAR, SAPP, PPBM, and other parties Agreement. And now, Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) is an official parties coalition on Sabah.
He was born on 15 September 1958 in Kampung Bilit, Sukau, Kinabatangan. He is descended from the tribe of the Orang Sungai. Bung Moktar was born into a political family when his grandparents and his parents were a strong support from the United Sabah National Organisation (USNO) since it was founded by the late Tun Datu Haji Mustapa Harun in the early 1960s. His parents are Rashidah Jikrun and Radin Yatim. His wives are Datin Sri Nor Asidah Alimudin and former artist Datin Sri Zizie Ezette.
Before becoming Member of Parliament, he served with the Sandakan Special Affairs Department (JASA) (1987-1991), Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) Sandakan Officers (1991-1992) and Political Secretary of the Sabah Ministry of Finance (1994-1999).
The first time was as Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate in the 1994 Sabah state election for the Kuamut seat, an opposition stronghold at that time, Bung Mokhtar lost. He first won the 1999 general election after defeating Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) candidate Ali Latip Taha for the Kinabatangan parliamentary seat. He managed to retain the seat in 2004, 2008, 2013 and 2018 general elections. Since joining politics in 1978, he has been a representative of USNO or UMNO of BN candidates five times for Kinabatangan parliamentary seats.
Over five terms in Parliament, Bung Moktar has earned a reputation for controversial remarks and inflammatory behaviour.[2]
Bung Moktar gained attention when he used the word "Fuck" when he was debating with Bukit MertajamMPChong Eng at the 2001 parliamentary sitting.
His most recent incident came on 7 August 2018, when he caused a stir with Willie Mongin (MP for Puncak Borneo) in the Dewan Rakyat as the latter alleged that the Bung Moktar Radin had visited a casino, and he pointed his finger at Willie and accused him of being rude, demanding the statement be retracted.
“What is this? (You are) Rude and ill-mannered (kurang ajar). He better retract it, he's really rude, Mr Speaker! YB (Yang Berhormat Willie) does not deserve to sit here. Gangster, what do you want? You want to fight with me? Anytime! Fuck you!”[3]
"You didnt go to school, you didnt go to school! YB you sit down, you didn't go to school. This is my prob, you sit down!"
After the incident, the Speaker of Dewan Rakyat warned the members to behave or they will receive punishments.[4]
He and JasinMPMohammad Said bin Yusof stirred controversy for making sexist comments or obscene comments to DAP's Batu Gajah MP, Fong Po Kuan in Parliament during a Parliamentary session in 2007. He followed Mohammad Said by saying that Fong "leaked" every month (referring to the menstruation cycle in women), while they were debating about the leaks in the Parliament building.
"Mana ada bocor? Batu Gajah pun bocor tiap-tiap bulan juga!"
At first they refused to apologize, but after receiving pressure from the whole country, they eventually apologized to all women after meeting Sharizat binti Abdul Jalil (Women, Family and Community Minister at that time). But their apology was rejected by Fong because they were considered insincere.[5]
In the first sitting of Parliament after the 2008 elections, he called opposition politician Karpal Singh a "big monkey" after Singh called him the "Bigfoot from Kinabatangan".[6]
During the 12th Malaysian Parliament session in May, Bung Moktar was once again involved with the controversy involving the mockery of disabled person (OKU). He and Ibrahim Ali asked Karpal Singh, who was wheelchair-bound after the accident to stand up and show respect to the Dewan Speaker.
Bung Moktar was once again involved with the controversy when he was said to have used his hand to make lewd gesture at the Parliament sitting on July 8, 2008. The act was witnessed by every Malaysian who watched the conference broadcast on television. However, he denied that it was a lewd gesture and only a dirty minded person who regarded it as such.
On December 18, 2009, rumors that he was married to the famous actress Zizie Ezette, certified by his best friend, Datuk Mohamad Aziz, said they both were married. Even so, it was denied by Zizie's mother, Khaty Fauziah who stated that everything was untrue and as a mother she was busy at that time to organize her wedding ceremony. Nevertheless, he had a relationship with the artist and she was just informed by Zizie that Bung Moktar had applied for his wife but that was between them. On December 31, 2009, Utusan Malaysia reported that he is now said to be honeymooning in Europe with his wife, Zizie Izette, and is expected to return home on 8 January 2010. On 20 April 2010, Bung pleaded guilty to committing polygamy by taking a second wife, Malaysian actress Zizie Ezette, without the consent of a marriage registrar.[7] He was sentenced to one month imprisonment, but was ultimately released on bail.[8][9]
On December 3, 2011, during the UMNO General Assembly 2011, he again urged Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil to resign as a liability to the BN and UMNO governments. The controversial issue of cattle breeding project of the National Feedlot Centre (NFC) in Gemas with an easy loan of RM250 million was linked to her husband and her children.[10] Opposition reveals NFC operations suffered losses but NFC bought two luxury condominiums in Bangsar, financed Shahrizat's family holiday overseas, and umrah packages. Most recently, the NFC was exposed to buying a Mercedes car worth RM534,622 and two parcels of land worth RM3,363,507 in Putrajaya. However, Shahrizat denied that he was involved but challenged Wan Azizah Wan Ismail to resign for her offense. Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Khalid Abu Bakar claimed that there was no element of breach of trust or fraud in the use of funds for NFC.[11]
He made international news for tweeting "Long Live Hitler" after Germany's 7–1 win over Brazil in the semi-final of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[12] His tweet stirred controversy with the German ambassador even calling it as "unacceptable".[13]
On 3 May 2019 Bung Moktar was charged by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) with three counts of corruption amounting to total of RM2.8 million in June 2015 when he was director of FELCRA Berhad then.[14] His wife, Zizie Ezette was also charged with abetting her husband in the offences.[15]
| Year | Constituency | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||
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| 1994 | N23 Kuamut, P155 Sipitang | Bung Moktar Radin (UMNO) | 1,449 | 37.24% | Joseph Sitin Saang (PBS) | 2,184 | 56.13% | 3,944 | 735 | 72.34% | ||
| Ali Latip Taha (IND) | 258 | 6.63% | ||||||||||
| 2020 | N58 Lamag, P187 Kinabatangan | Bung Moktar Radin (UMNO) | 3,035 | 54.06% | Mohd Ismail Ayob (WARISAN) | 2,374 | 31.40% | 5,614 | 661 | 68.81% | ||
| Junny Abdullah (IND) | 73 | 1.47% | ||||||||||
| Razman Mayah (PCS) | 71 | 3.32% | ||||||||||
| Sairin Abd. Rahman (PPRS) | 61 | 1.47% | ||||||||||
| Year | Constituency | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||
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| 1999 | P162 Kinabatangan, Sabah | Bung Moktar Radin (UMNO) | 8,141 | 65.72% | Ali Latip Taha (PBS) | 4,246 | 34.28% | 12,597 | 3,895 | 58.84% | ||
| 2004 | P187 Kinabatangan, Sabah | Bung Moktar Radin (UMNO) | ||||||||||
| 2008 | Bung Moktar Radin (UMNO) | 8,507 | 69.71% | Ahmad Abdul (PKR) | 2,181 | 17.87% | 12,792 | 6,326 | 65.53% | |||
| Dasim Jikah (IND) | 1,515 | 12.41% | ||||||||||
| 2013 | Bung Moktar Radin (UMNO) | 13,377 | 69.29% | Abdullah Abdul Sani (PKR) | 3,646 | 18.89% | 19,960 | 9,731 | 80.80% | |||
| Yambuya Parantis (STAR) | 1,153 | 12.41% | ||||||||||
| Ali Latip Taha (IND) | 1,130 | 5.85% | ||||||||||
| 2018 | Bung Moktar Radin (UMNO) | 14,465 | 67.22%2 | Ghazali Abdul Ghani (WARISAN) | 4,987 | 23.18%2 | 22,179 | 9,478 | 77.47% | |||
| Mustapa Datu Tambuyong (PHRS) | 2,066 | 9.60% | ||||||||||
| Notes: Table includes votes for candidates who finished in third place or lower. 2 Different % used for 2018 election. | ||||||||||||
Pahang :
Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) - Dato' Sri (2016)[21]
Sabah :
Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) - Datuk (2001)
Companion of the Order of Kinabalu (ASDK) Member of the Order of Kinabalu (ADK)
