Abdul Manan bin Ismail (28 June 1948 – 12 February 2018) was a Malaysian politician. He was the Member of

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for the Paya Besar constituency in

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. He is a member of the

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(UMNO) major component party in the previous governing

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(BN) coalition. In 2004 general election, he was elected to the

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, representing the constituency of Panching. In the 2008 general election, Abdul Manan contested the Paya Besar parliamentary constituency, replacing former government minister Siti Zaharah Sulaiman as UMNO's nominee for the seat. Abdul Manan won the seat, defeating Mohd Jafri Ab Rashid of the People's Justice Party (PKR) by an 8,503 majority. Percentage figures based on total turnout. In 2010 he was appointed chairman of the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia, and in 2013 general election he retained his parliamentary seat with a margin of 7,715 votes.

Death

Abdul Manan died on February 12, 2018, at the age of 69 of suspected heart attack after falling in a bathroom.

Controversy

1MDB case

On 30 June 2020, High Court judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan has allowed the prosecution’s application to forfeit at least RM265,000 frozen in a bank account belonging to Abdul Manan, to the Malaysian government. The funds were frozen by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) due to links with the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) fund scandal. These funds were purportedly disbursed via an Ambank account opened under the name of former prime minister

Najib Razak Mohammad Najib bin Abdul Razak (, ; born 23 July 1953) is a Malaysian politician who served as the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2009 to 2018. In 2020, he was convicted of corruption in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal, on ...

Election results

Honours

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MY-PAH Order of the Crown of Pahang - Knight Companion - DIMP

Knight Companion of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (DIMP) – Dato' (1999) ** MY-PAH Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang - Knight Companion - DSAP

Knight Companion of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (DSAP) – Dato' (2013) ** MY-PAH Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang - Grand Knight - SSAP

Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) – Dato' Sri (2015)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abdul Manan Ismail 1948 births 2018 deaths Malaysian politicians of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims United Malays National Organisation politicians Members of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly Accidental deaths from falls Accidental deaths in Malaysia Malaysian MPs 2008–2013 Malaysian MPs 2013–2018