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Bung Moktar bin Radin (born 14 September 1958) is a Malaysian

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who has served as the Deputy Chief Minister I and State Minister of Works of Sabah from 2020 to 2023. He has also served as the

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(MP) for

Kinabatangan Kinabatangan ( ms, Pekan Kinabatangan) is the capital of the Kinabatangan District in the Sandakan Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 10,256 in 2010. Kinabatangan is mostly populated with the Orang Sungai ...

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 The United Malays National Organisation ( Malay: ; Jawi: ; abbreviated UMNO () or less commonly PEKEMBAR), is a nationalist right-wing political party in Malaysia. As the oldest continuous national political party within Malaysia (since its ...

(UMNO), a component party of the

Barisan Nasional The National Front ( ms, Barisan Nasional; abbrev: BN) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1973 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties. It is also the third largest political coalition with 30 ...

(BN) coalition which is aligned with the ruling

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(PN) coalition. He has also served as the State Chairman of

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and BN of

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since December 2018.

Education

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* Sandakan National Secondary School * Kampung Bilit National Primary School, Kinabatangan

Career

Before becoming a Member of Parliament, he served with the Sandakan

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(JASA) branch office (1987-1990) as an administrative and diplomatic officer, officer for the

Majlis Amanah Rakyat The Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA; ms, People's Trust Council) is a Malaysian government agency. It was formed to aid, train, and guide Bumiputra ( Malays and other indigenous Malaysians) in the areas of business and industry. MARA was formed ...

(MARA), Sandakan branch office (1990-1992) and Political Secretary to the Sabah Minister of Finance (1994-1999).

Politics

Political posts

* Deputy Chairman of the

Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club ( ms, Kelab Ahli Penyokong Barisan Nasional; abbrev: BNBBC) is composed of the BN backbencher MPs. The term " backbencher" originates from the British Parliament, denoting an MP ...

(BNBBC) (2008-2020) * Kinabatangan Member of Parliament (since 1999) * Kinabatangan UMNO Division Chief (since 1996) * Sabah UMNO Youth Information Chief (1991-1996) * Kinabatangan UMNO Youth Chief (1991-1996) * USNO Youth Exco (1980-1991) * Kinabatangan USNO Division Youth Chief (1978-1990)

Election

The first time was as Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate in the

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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 The United Sabah Party ( ms, Parti Bersatu Sabah, abbreviated PBS) is a political party of Sabah. The PBS was founded by Joseph Pairin Kitingan in 1985 and it is Sabah's oldest local party. In August 2020, PBS confirmed that they would be using ...

(PBS) candidate Ali Latip Taha for the

parliamentary seat. He managed to retain the seat in 2004,

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and

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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.

Controversy and criticism

Over five terms in Parliament, Bung Moktar has earned a reputation for controversial remarks and inflammatory behaviour.

Swearing in the parliament chamber

His most recent incident came on 7 August 2018, when he caused a stir with Willie Mongin (MP for ) in the Dewan Rakyat as the latter alleged that the Bung Moktar Radin had visited a

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, and he pointed his finger at Willie and accused him of being rude, demanding the statement be retracted. After the incident, the Speaker of Dewan Rakyat warned the members to behave or they will be disciplined. The incident became an internet meme focusing on the combination of Malay and Bung Moktar's broken English. His outburst in Malay was edited together with an insert from a different video of Malaysian former Prime Minister

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saying "Can you speak English?", followed by Bung Moktar's continuation in English with the remark "Fuck you!". The meme ended with the grammatically incorrect caption "he do speak english" accompanied with a cut piece of the song "Sanctuary Guardian - Earthbound" which is common in this format.

"Bocor" remark

He and Jasin MP Mohammad Said bin Yusof stirred controversy for making sexist comments and obscene comments to

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MP,

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in 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. The pair offered an apology for their statements but were rejected by Fong because they were considered insincere.

Mockery of Karpal Singh as a disabled person

In the first sitting of Parliament after the 2008 elections, he called opposition politician

Karpal Singh Dato' Seri Utama Karpal Singh s/o Ram Singh Deo ( pa, ਕਰਪਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ, Karpāl Siṅgh; 28 June 1940 – 17 April 2014) was an Indian Malaysian politician and lawyer. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Bu ...

a "big monkey" after Singh called him the " Bigfoot from Kinabatangan."

Unauthorised polygamy

On 20 April 2010, Bung pleaded guilty to committing

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by taking a second wife without the consent of a marriage registrar. He was sentenced to a month's imprisonment, but was ultimately released on bail.

Urged Shahrizat to step down of NFC issues

On 3 December 2011, during the UMNO General Assembly 2011, he again urged

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to resign over a controversy surrounding the National Feedlot Centre (NFC) in Gemas, with an easy loan of RM250 million linked to her husband and her children. It was revealed that the NFC suffered losses but managed to purchase two luxury condominiums in Bangsar, as well as buying a Mercedes car worth RM534,622 and two parcels of land worth RM3,363,507 in Putrajaya. Deputy Inspector-General of Police

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claimed that there was no element of breach of trust or fraud in the use of funds for NFC.

Hitler remark

He made international news for tweeting "Long Live

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" after Germany's 7–1 win over Brazil in the semi-final of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. His tweet stirred controversy with the German ambassador even calling it as "unacceptable."

FELCRA Berhad corruptions charges

On 3 May 2019, Bung Moktar was charged by the

Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission ( ms, Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia), abbreviated MACC or ''SPRM'', (formerly known as Anti-Corruption Agency, ACA or ''Badan Pencegah Rasuah'', ''BPR'') is a government agency in Malaysia that ...

(MACC) with three counts of corruption amounting to total of RM2.8 million in June 2015 when he was director of

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. His wife, Zizie Ezette was also charged with abetting her husband in the offences.

Election results

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

* : **

MY-PAH Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang - Grand Knight - SSAP

Grand Knight of the

Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang The Most Illustrious Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang ( Malay: ''Darjah Kebesaran Sultan Ahmad Shah Pahang Yang Amat Di Mulia'') is a knighthood order of the Sultanate of Pahang. History The order was founded by Sultan Ahmad Shah on 24 O ...

(SSAP) - Dato' Sri (2016) * : ** MY-SAB Order of Kinabalu - ASDK-ADK-BSK-BK

Member of the

Order of Kinabalu The Illustrious Order of Kinabalu (Malay: ''Darjah Yang Amat Mulia Kinabalu'') is the only order conferred by the Governor of Sabah, Malaysia. Background The Illustrious Order of Kinabalu is established by virtue of Section 3(a) of State Honou ...

(ADK) **

Companion of the

(ASDK) **

Commander of the

(PGDK) - Datuk (2001) ** MY-SAB Order of Kinabalu - SPDK

Grand Commander of the

(SPDK) – Datuk Seri Panglima (2021)

Honorary degrees

* : ** Honorary

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degree in Political Science from Jesselton University College (2022)

References

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