Bung Moktar Radin

Dato' Sri Bung Moktar bin Radin (born 15 September 1958) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Chief Minister I and State Minister of Works of Sabah since September 2020. He has also served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kinabatangan 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 (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition which is aligned with the ruling Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition. He has also served as the State Chairman of UMNO and BN of Sabah since December 2018.
Background.
He was born on 15 September 1958 in Kampung Bilit, Sukau, Kinabatangan. He is descended from the tribe of the Orang Sungai. Bung Moktar was born into a political family when his grandparents and his parents were a strong support from the United Sabah National Organisation (USNO) since it was founded by the late Tun Datu Haji Mustapa Harun in the early 1960s. His parents are Rashidah Jikrun and Radin Yatim. His wives are Datin Sri Nor Asidah Alimudin and former artist Datin Sri .
Career.
Before becoming Member of Parliament, he served with the Sandakan Special Affairs Department (JASA) (1987-1991), Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) Sandakan Officers (1991-1992) and Political Secretary of the Sabah Ministry of Finance (1994-1999).
Politics.
Election.
The first time was as Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate in the 1994 Sabah state election 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 (PBS) candidate Ali Latip Taha for the Kinabatangan parliamentary seat. He managed to retain the seat in 2004, 2008, 2013 and 2018 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.
Bung Moktar gained attention when he yelled "Fuck you" twice in English, while having a heated debate with Bukit Mertajam MP Chong Eng at the 2001 parliamentary sitting.
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 casino, 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 Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin 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".
"Bocor" remark.
He and Jasin MP Mohammad Said bin Yusof stirred controversy for making sexist comments and obscene comments to DAP's Batu Gajah 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 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 a "big monkey" after Singh called him the "Bigfoot from Kinabatangan".
During the 12th Malaysian Parliament session in May, Bung Moktar was once again involved with the controversy involving the mockery of disabled person. He and Ibrahim Ali asked Karpal Singh, who was wheelchair-bound as a result of a traffic collision to stand up and show respect to the Dewan Speaker.
Lewd gesture.
Bung Moktar was once again involved with the controversy when he was said to have used his hand to make lewd gesture during a parliament sitting on July 8, 2008. The act was witnessed by every Malaysian who watched the conference broadcast on television. However, he denied that it was a lewd gesture and only a dirty minded person who regarded it as such.
Unauthorised polygamy.
On December 18, 2009, rumors that he was married to the actress Zizie Ezette were confirmed by an associate of Bung Moktar, Datuk Mohamad Aziz. However, this was denied by Zizie's mother, Khaty Fauziah. The pair were reported to have married on 16 December 2009, while Utusan Malaysia reported on 31 December that he was honeymooning in Europe with his newly-wed wife, Zizie Izette, and was expected to return on 8 January 2010.
On 20 April 2010, Bung pleaded guilty to committing polygamy 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 December 3, 2011, during the UMNO General Assembly 2011, he again urged Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil 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 Datuk Seri 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 Hitler" 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 (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.