Bung Moktar Radin

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Yang Berhormat Datuk Bung Moktar Radin
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Kinabatangan, Sabah
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Political party	UMNO—Barisan Nasional
Occupation	Member of Parliament

Datuk Bung Moktar Radin is a Malaysian politician. He is currently the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Kinabatangan constituency in Sabah, representing the United Malay National Organisation (UMNO) party in the governing Barisan Nasional coalition.^[1]

Bung Moktar has been described as a controversial politician.^[2] In the first sitting of Parliament after the 2008 election, he called opposition politician Karpal Singh a "big monkey" after Singh called him "Bigfoot".^[3] In 2007, he apologised for making sexist remarks in Parliament about opposition politician Fong Po Kuan.^[4] On April 20, 2010, he pleaded guilty to committing polygamy by taking a second wife without the consent of a marriage registrar.^[5] He was sentenced to one month imprisonment, subject to a stay pending an appeal.^[6]

Election results

**Parliament of Malaysia**: Kinabatangan, Sabah^[7]
Year	Barisan Nasional	Votes	Pct	Opposition	Votes	Pct
1999	Bung Moktar Radin (UMNO)	8,141	65%	Ali Latip Taha (PBS)	4,246	34%
2004	Bung Moktar Radin (UMNO)			Unopposed
2008	Bung Moktar Radin (UMNO)	8,507	66%	Ahmad Abdul (PKR)	2,181	17%	^[8]

References

↑ "Bung Moktar bin Radin, Y.B. Datuk" (in Malay). Parliament of Malaysia. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
↑ "Bung Moktar finally admits marrying Zizie". The Star (Malaysia) (Star Publications (Malaysia)). 20 December 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
↑ "Malaysia opens new parliament sitting amid chaos". Reuters India. 30 April 2008. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
↑ "MPs Apologise For Sexist Remark In Parliament". Bernama. 18 May 2007. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
↑ "Bung Mokhtar pleads guilty to polygamy without consent". TheStar. April 20, 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
↑ Nurbaiti Hamdan (19 May 2010). "Bung gets a month's jail for marrying without consent; granted stay of execution (Updated)". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 19 May 2010.
↑ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 3 April 2010. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
↑ An independent candidate received 1,515 votes (12%).

v t e Current Members of the Malaysian House of Representatives (Dewan Rakyat) from Sabah

Barisan Nasional	Abdul Rahim Bakri (UMNO) Maximus Ongkili (PBS) Abdul Rahman Dahlan (UMNO) Madius Tangau (UPKO) Jumat Idris (UMNO) Marcus Mojigoh (UMNO) Rosnah Shirlin (UMNO) Anifah Aman (UMNO) Azizah Mohd Dun (UMNO) Sapawi Ahmad (UMNO) Ewon Ebin (UPKO) Joseph Pairin Kitingan (PBS) Raime Unggi (UMNO) Joseph Kurup (PBRS) Ronald Kiandee (UMNO) Juslie Ajirol (UMNO) Linda Tsen (PBS) Bung Moktar Radin (UMNO) Datu Nasrun Datu Mansor (UMNO) Shafie Apdal (UMNO) Mary Yap Kain Ching (PBS) Abdul Ghapur Salleh (UMNO)

Pakatan Rakyat	Wong Sze Phin (DAP) Ignatius Dorrel Leiking (PKR) Wong Tien Fatt (DAP)

Johor Kedah Kelantan Melaka Negeri Sembilan Pahang Perak Perlis Pulau Pinang Sabah Selangor Sarawak Terengganu Kuala Lumpur Putrajaya Labuan

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