Bung Moktar bin Radin (born 15 September 1959) is a Malaysian

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who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for

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since November 1999 and Member of the

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(MLA) for

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since September 2020. He served as the Deputy Chief Minister I, State Minister of Works of Sabah from September 2020 to January 2023, Chairman of FELCRA Berhad from 2013 to 2018 and Deputy Chairman of the

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(BNBBC) from 2008 to 2018. He is a member and Division Chief of Kinabatangan of the

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(UMNO), a component party of the

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(BN) coalition. He has also served as the State Chairman of BN and UMNO of

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since December 2018. He is a former member of

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(USNO).

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

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, officer for the

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

Politics

Political posts

* Deputy Chairman of the

(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)

Elections

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

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(PBS) candidate Ali Latip Taha for the

parliamentary seat. He managed to retain the seat in

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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

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focusing on the combination of Malay and Bung Moktar's

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. 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 -

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" which is common in this format. Another version of this meme involves US President

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saying "This is a country where we speak English" in the 2015 Presidential debate instead.

"Bocor" remark

He and Jasin MP

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stirred controversy for making sexist comments and obscene comments to DAP's

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MP, Fong Po Kuan in during a parliamentary session in 2007. He followed Mohammad Said by saying that Fong "leaked" every month (referring to the

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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

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, he called opposition politician

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a "big

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" after Singh called him the "

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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 Khalid Abu Bakar 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

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. 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

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(MACC) with three counts of corruption amounting to total of RM2.8 million in June 2015 when he was director of FELCRA Berhad. His wife, Zizie Ezette was also charged with abetting her husband in the offences.

The Kinabalu Move

The Leader of

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, a component party of BN, Bung Moktar Radin, Kinabatangan Member of Parliament (MP) and Lamag Assemblyman, cited a lack of confidence in the leadership of Chief Minister of Sabah

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in the withdrawal resulted to 2023 Sabah political crisis. This crisis later ended with approval of ''Anti-Switching Parties Law'' in Sabah State Legislative Assembly on 25 May 2023. The Bung Moktar withdrawal movement known widely as Langkah Kinabalu or Kinabalu move and recorded as the most controversial political

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move in 2023.

Election results

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

* : **

MY Pingat Pertabalan Yang di-Pertuan Agong XVII ribbon

Recipient of the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal * : ** MY-PAH Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang - Grand Knight - SSAP

Grand Knight of the

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(SSAP) – Dato' Sri (2016) * : ** MY-SAB Order of Kinabalu - SPDK

Grand Commander of the

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(SPDK) – Datuk Seri Panglima (2021) ** MY-SAB Order of Kinabalu - PGDK

Commander of the

(PGDK) – Datuk (2001) ** MY-SAB Order of Kinabalu - ASDK-ADK-BSK-BK

Companion of the

(ASDK) **

Member of the

(ADK)

Honorary degrees

* : ** Honorary

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degree in Political Science from Jesselton University College (2022)

References

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