Siti Kasim is a Malaysian human rights lawyer and activist. She came to national prominence with her work within the Human Rights Committee of the

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highlighting the issues being faced by the indigenous peoples of Malaysia. Her work has since grown to encompass defending the rights of other minority and marginalised communities of Malaysia, and championing the ideal of an inclusive and progressive Malaysian society. She has spoken of the criticism and abuse directed at her due to her outspoken and unapologetic demeanour.

Career

Politics

Siti Kasim launched her political career at the 15th general elections of Malaysia as an independent candidate aligned with the Gerak Independent movement. Tracing the root of the malaise within the Malaysian political and social landscape to excessive intertwining of government and religious affairs, she made the separation of state and religion a key pillar of her campaign. She was contesting the parliamentary constituency of Batu against nine other candidates. Siti gained only 653 or 0.75% of the votes, ranking 6th out of the nine candidates contesting the constituency, losing to

Prabakaran Parameswaran Prabakaran a/l Parameswaran (born 8 February 1996) is a Malaysian politician and law student who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Batu since May 2018. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakata ...

who won with a majority of 22,241.

Incidents

Bomb threat

On 21 July 2023, a suspicious object was discovered on the rear tyre of Siti Kasim's

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when she sent the car for servicing.

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police chief Assistant Commissioner Amihizam Abdul Shukor confirmed that the object was an improvised explosive device and an investigation is under way.

Election results

References

1963 births Living people People from Malacca Malaysian people of Malay descent 20th-century Malaysian lawyers 21st-century Malaysian lawyers Malaysian activists {{Malaysia-politician-stub