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}}</ref> and was appointed as Minister for Youth and Sports in the [[Cabinet of Malaysia|Cabinet]] of Prime Minister [[Abdullah Badawi]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/3/21/nation/20714453&sec=nation|title=New ministers: PM’s reminder a timely one|date=21 March 2008|publisher=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|accessdate=10 January 2010}}</ref> In April 2009, he became the Minister for Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism under new Prime Minister [[Najib Razak]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=403026|title=New Cabinet Line-up Meets People's Expectations|date=9 April 2009|publisher=[[Bernama]] |accessdate=10 January 2010}}</ref> After the [[Malaysian general election, 2013|2013 election]], in which he retained his parliamentary seat, he was appointed as the Minister for Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry. |
}}</ref> and was appointed as Minister for Youth and Sports in the [[Cabinet of Malaysia|Cabinet]] of Prime Minister [[Abdullah Badawi]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/3/21/nation/20714453&sec=nation|title=New ministers: PM’s reminder a timely one|date=21 March 2008|publisher=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|accessdate=10 January 2010}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In April 2009, he became the Minister for Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism under new Prime Minister [[Najib Razak]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=403026|title=New Cabinet Line-up Meets People's Expectations|date=9 April 2009|publisher=[[Bernama]] |accessdate=10 January 2010}}</ref> After the [[Malaysian general election, 2013|2013 election]], in which he retained his parliamentary seat, he was appointed as the Minister for Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry. |
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Before entering Parliament, Ismail Sabri served as Chairman of the National Sports Complex.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com.au/newspapers?id=bkAhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jHsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2137,5591071&dq=ismail+sabri+yaakob&hl=en|title=NSC: We are not biased|last=Selvam|first=S.|date=6 July 2003|publisher=[[New Straits Times]]|accessdate=10 January 2010}}</ref> |
Before entering Parliament, Ismail Sabri served as Chairman of the National Sports Complex.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com.au/newspapers?id=bkAhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jHsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2137,5591071&dq=ismail+sabri+yaakob&hl=en|title=NSC: We are not biased|last=Selvam|first=S.|date=6 July 2003|publisher=[[New Straits Times]]|accessdate=10 January 2010}}</ref> |
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|+ '''[[Dewan Rakyat|Parliament of Malaysia]]''': P90 [[Bera (federal constituency)|Bera]], [[Pahang]]<ref name="The Star election results"/><ref name="election results">{{cite web|url=http://semak.spr.gov.my/spr/laporan/5_KedudukanAkhir.php |title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri |publisher=[[Election Commission of Malaysia]] |language=[[Malay language|Malay]] |accessdate=4 February 2017 }} Percentage figures based on total turnout.</ref><ref name="undiinfo">{{Cite web |
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Revision as of 13:04, 17 November 2017
Ismail Sabri Yaakob | |
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Malaysian Minister of Rural and Regional Development | |
Assumed office 29 July 2015 | |
Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
Preceded by | Shafie Apdal |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bera, Pahang | |
Assumed office 2004 | |
Preceded by | New constituency |
Malaysian Minister of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry | |
In office 16 May 2013 – 29 July 2015 | |
Preceded by | Noh Omar |
Succeeded by | Ahmad Shabery Cheek |
Malaysian Minister of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism | |
In office 10 April 2009 – 5 May 2013 | |
Preceded by | Shahrir Samad |
Succeeded by | Hasan Malek |
Minister of Youth and Sports | |
In office 18 March 2008 – 9 April 2009 | |
Preceded by | Azalina Othman |
Succeeded by | Ahmad Shabery Cheek |
Personal details | |
Born | Temerloh, Pahang, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) | 18 January 1960
Political party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) |
Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) |
Spouse | Muhaini Zainal Abidin |
Alma mater | University of Malaya L.LB |
Occupation | Politician, lawyer |
Website | www |
Dato' Sri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (born 18 January 1960) is a controversial Malaysian Minister of Rural and Regional Development. He is a Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Bera constituency in Pahang, representing the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party in the governing Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.[1]
Ismail Sabri was elected to Parliament in the 2004 election becoming the first member of the new seat of Bera. He was re-elected in 2008,[2] and was appointed as Minister for Youth and Sports in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi.[3] In April 2009, he became the Minister for Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism under new Prime Minister Najib Razak.[4] After the 2013 election, in which he retained his parliamentary seat, he was appointed as the Minister for Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry.
Before entering Parliament, Ismail Sabri served as Chairman of the National Sports Complex.[5]
He is married to Muhaini Zainal Abidin. His son Gadaffi (Dafi) is a singer who was a contestant in the 2007 series of Akademi Fantasia (season 5).[6]
Controversy
Boycott call
In 2015, Ismail Sabri sparked a firestorm of protest over his Facebook post urging Malay consumers to boycott the monopolizing and profiteering Chinese businesses who discriminate non-Chinese entrepreneurs, arguing that it was necessary for Malays to exercise consumer power to prevent "profiteering" by the Malaysia's ethnic Chinese that control over 90% of Malaysian economies.
In reply, political analyst Wan Saiful Wan Jan, head of the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs think tank, said in personal capacity that any Malaysian voter regardless of race, would be repelled by Ismail's comments. “I think the reaction of any right-minded Malay or Chinese who believes in Malaysian unity would be of disgust. “And I think, or at least hope, that the Chinese voters will remember what he said when it comes to the vote.” [7]
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar stated that the minister would be investigated under the Sedition Act 1948 and Ismail Sabri has since deleted the Facebook post.[8]
Low Yat 2
In 2015, Ismail Sabri once again provoked controversy when he proposed to set up "Low Yat 2", a digital gadget mall expected to house solely Malay traders.[9]
Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party of Barisan Nasional, criticised the proposal. MCA publicity bureau chairman Datuk Chai Kim Sen labelled Datuk Ismail Sabri Yaakob as a regressive Cabinet Minister for his proposal.[10] MCA president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said that the setting up of Low Yat 2 would only hurt racial relations, and described the proposal for the bumiputra-only mall as an “antagonistic approach”.[11] MCA public services and complaints bureau advised Ismail Sabri to approach issues from a multi-racial viewpoint and stop making ridiculous statements such as “Chinese traders are profiteers” and “a Malay-only Low Yat 2” and said that “We are appalled at Ismail Sabri’s attempt to apply his race-centric thoughts onto the issue of Chinese schools and to accuse others of being racist. His thinking is completely illogical, and this mentality of his must be discarded at once in order to become a true minister for all races,”[12]
Fellow UMNO member Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah also criticised the proposal, saying that Ismail Sabri’s proposal would not be beneficial to Malays and Malaysians in general, pointing out that having business areas where traders are separated by ethnicity will only backfire.[13]
Many Malay netizens also criticised the proposal, with many mocking the concept of Low Yat 2.[14]
Two Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP), a Barisan Nasional component party, Youth leaders later lodged a police report Ismail Sabri, claiming his speech on ‘Low Yat Plaza 2 for Malay traders’ on Tuesday was seditious. The ministers also demanded the state authorities bar him from entering Sarawak. SUPP Youth central publicity and information secretary Milton Foo said that “He is not fit to be a minister after making several racist remarks in nature. After his ‘boycott of Chinese merchants’ remark in February, now again he did it. Obviously, he is not repentful,”[15]
On 8 December 2015, Ismail Sabri officiates the opening of all-Malay MARA Digital Mall at Medan Mara, Kuala Lumpur.[16] Although the traders are all Malay, Ismail calls on the minorities to support the mall.
Taylor's University sponsorship cancellation
On 16 September, Taylor's University bus service contractor Wawasan Sutera used vehicles bearing the university’s logo to ferry passengers to the 916 red shirt racial rally without its permission.
Two days later, Taylor's University announced that they would terminate the contract with Wawasan Sutera.
Subsequently, Ismail Sabri announced that Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) would terminate the sponsorship for the next intake of students to Taylor’s University, in what was seen as a tit for tat exchange. He did not name the reasons behind the revocation.
Social media was abuzz when a screenshot of a statement allegedly made by him went viral, ordering the Mara director-general to terminate the sponsorship of its students with immediate effect.[17]
Democratic Action Party (DAP) MP Teresa Kok criticised the decision, calling it a "personal vendetta and abuse of power", and called for the cabinet to censure Ismail Sabri, as well as challenging him to publicly reveal the reasons for the decision, as well as publish the internal report which led to the decision.[18]
MCA Publicity Bureau Chairman Senator Chai Kim Sen said the minister’s inability to state even one reason for this decision was not only “unbecoming” but “even childish”. Saying that Ismail Sabri was infamous for his racist remarks when he called for the boycott of Chinese businesses, MCA’s Chai said his latest announcement about Mara would only “further weaken his already-tarred reputation as a racist”. He further condemned the minister for working against the government’s aspirations of producing 160,000 foreign students by 2020 and added, “Education institutes are expected to remain apolitical.[18]
Turtle eggs issue
On 4 November 2015, a photograph of Ismail Sabri having dinner at a seafood restaurant in Sandakan together with Beluran Umno chief Datuk James Ratib went viral. A plate of a dozen of turtle eggs on the dinner table was seen in the photo.[19] Ismail denied consuming the turtle eggs, citing "health reasons". On 9 November 2015, Ismail claims that he was not aware of the law that prohibits the possession and consumption of turtle eggs in Sabah.[20] On 19 November 2015, another photos surfaced and went viral on Facebook showing fragments of turtle eggshells on the table in front of some of the diners.[21] According to Ismail Sabri, he has directed his lawyers to take legal actions against parties who accused him of consuming the turtle eggs.[21] Following the issues, various NGOs and research organisation of Sabah urge Sabah Wildlife Department to take action against the guests of the dinner as well as the restaurant that served the eggs.[22]
Turtles are protected species under the Sabah Wildlife Conservation Enactment 1997.[19]
Vape and e-cigarettes
On 9 November 2015, Ismail Sabri stated that he supports the vape and e-cigarette industry in Malaysia. He says that the Malay dominated industry is a success story for bumiputera entrepreneurism despite health warnings by the Malaysian Health Ministry.[23] He has gone further in hoping that the unregulated industry can expand globally.[24] Many prominent doctors and physicians have publicly chided Ismail Sabri's support for the industry.[25] The latest opponent against the vape industry is the Sultan of Johor Sultan Ibrahim Ismail who publicly decreed that all vape outlets must be shutdown by 1 January 2016.[26] Ismail Sabri has since toned down his support.
Election results
Year | Government | Votes | Pct | Opposition | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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2004 | Ismail Sabri Yaakob (UMNO) | 16,714 | 53.75% | Abd Wahab Ismail (PAS) | 12,244 | 39.37% | 31,096 | 4,982 | 76.53% | ||
2008 | Ismail Sabri Yaakob (UMNO) | 18,051 | 54.50% | Mazlan Aliman (PAS) | 14,230 | 42.96% | 33,123 | 4,313 | 77.04% | ||
2013 | Ismail Sabri Yaakob (UMNO) | 21,669 | 50.46% | Zakaria Abdul Hamid (PKR) | 19,526 | 45.47% | 42,944 | 2,143 | 84.21% | ||
Mohd Wali Ahmad (IND) | 670 | 1.56% |
See also
References
- ^ "Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob, Y.B. Dato' Sri" (in Malay). Parliament of Malaysia. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
- ^ a b "Malaysia Decides 2008 (including 2004 results)". The Star. Archived from the original on 11 January 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
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- ^ Selvam, S. (6 July 2003). "NSC: We are not biased". New Straits Times. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
- ^ Aida Ahman (20 March 2011). "Meet Gadaffi the singer". The Star. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
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- ^ "At 'Low Yat 2' opening, Ismail Sabri calls on minorities to support all-Malay IT mall". Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015/09/21/Ismail-Sabri-MARA-terminate-Taylors/
- ^ a b http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2015/09/22/minister-vilified-by-mca-dap-for-mara-taylors-decision/
- ^ Ismail Sabri: I honestly didn’t know there were laws against turtle eggs
- ^ a b Ismail Sabri says wouldn’t eat eggs with a fork, to sue over claims
- ^ Groups urge action over turtle eggs issue
- ^ http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2015/11/10/vapes-ismail-sabri/
- ^ http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2015/11/09/vape-ismail-sabri-malaysia-products/
- ^ http://english.astroawani.com/malaysia-news/vaping-i-beg-differ-doctor-tells-ismail-sabri-80385
- ^ http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/sultan-of-johor-orders-all-vape-outlets-in-the-state-to-close-shop-by-jan-1
- ^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
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- ^ "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
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