Adam Adli Abd Halim (born July 3, 1989) is a
Malaysian
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* Something from or related to Malaysia, a country in Southeast Asia
* Malaysian Malay, a dialect of Malay language spoken mainly in Malaysia
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politician and
student activist who has served as the
Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports in the
Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under Prime Minister
Anwar Ibrahim
Anwar bin Ibrahim ( ms, انور بن ابراهيم, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset, IPA: ; born 10 August 1947) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia since November 2022. He served as the 12 ...
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 PH coalition. He has also served as the 5th Youth Chief of PKR and Deputy Youth Chief of PH since July 2022.
Personal life
Adli studied at the
Sultan Idris Education University. On 9 January 2013, Adli was suspended for three semesters, which ended in September for tarnishing the university's name and disturbing public peace and safety.
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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. After the 2022 People's Justice Party leadership election
A leadership election was held by the People's Justice Party (PKR) in Malaysia from April to July 2022 to elect new leadership on the central level.
For the party presidency, it was highly unlikely for incumbent president Anwar Ibrahim to face ...
s, 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.remanded
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* Remand (court procedure), when an appellate court sends a case back to the trial court or lower appellate court
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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.
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. With him being a free man, Adam Adli continued his studies at the Sultan Idris University of Education
Sultan Idris Education University ( ms, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris; commonly abbreviated as UPSI; Jawi: اونيۏرسيتي ڤنديديقن سلطان إدريس) is a public university in the town of Tanjung Malim, Perak in Malaysi ...
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Election results
References
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Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Malaysian activists
Malaysian people of Malay descent
1989 births