Shabudin Yahaya

Yang Berbahagia Datuk
Shabudin Yahaya
DPSM
Yang Berbahagia Datuk Shabudin Yahaya DPSM
شهاب الدين بن يحيى
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department ; (Parliament and Law)
	In office; 6 July 2020 – 16 August 2021
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Muhyiddin Yassin
Minister	Takiyuddin Hassan
Preceded by	Eddin Syazlee Shith
Succeeded by	Mas Ermieyati Samsudin
Constituency	Tasek Gelugor
Chairman of the Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 11 September 2021
Managing Director	Mohamed Shamir Abdul Aziz
Preceded by	Lajim Ukin
Chairman of the FELCRA Berhad
	In office; 14 May 2020 – 29 July 2020
Minister	Abdul Latiff Ahmad
Chief Executive Officer	Mohd Nazrul Izam Mansor
Preceded by	Mohamad Nageeb Abdul Wahab
Succeeded by	Yamani Hafez Musa
Secretary of the ; Government Backbenchers Club
	In office; 14 September 2021 – 11 June 2022
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Chairman	Tajuddin Abdul Rahman
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Dominic Lau Hoe Chai
Secretary of the ; Perikatan Nasional Government Backbenchers Club
	In office; 5 January 2021 – 16 August 2021
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Muhyiddin Yassin
Chairman	Shahidan Kassim
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Member of the Malaysian Parliament; for Tasek Gelugor
	In office; 5 May 2013 – 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Nor Mohamed Yakcop ; (BN–UMNO)
Succeeded by	Wan Saiful Wan Jan ; (PN–BERSATU)
Majority	3,042 (2013); 81 (2018)
Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly; for Permatang Berangan
	In office; 21 March 2004 – 5 May 2013
Preceded by	Abd Ro'ni A. Hasan ; (BN–UMNO)
Succeeded by	Omar Haji Abd Hamid ; (BN–UMNO)
Majority	3,910 (2004); 1,985 (2008)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2013–2018	Barisan Nasional
2018–2019	Independent
2019–2020	Pakatan Harapan
2020	Malaysian United Indigenous Party
2020–2022	Perikatan Nasional
Faction represented in Penang State Legislative Assembly
2004–2013	Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born	Shabudin bin Yahaya; 12 November 1965 (age 58); Penang, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) ; (–2018) ; Independent ; (2018–2019) ; Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) ; (since 2019)
Other political; affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) ; (–2018, aligned:since 2020) ; Pakatan Harapan (PH) ; (2019–2020) ; Perikatan Nasional (PN) ; (since 2020)
Occupation	Politician

Shabudin bin Yahaya (Jawi: شهاب الدين بن يحيى; born 12 November 1965) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Chairman of the Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM) since September 2021. He served as Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Parliament and Law in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Takiyuddin Hassan from July 2020 to August 2021, Secretary of the Government Backbenchers Club (BBC) from September 2021 to June 2022, Secretary of the PN Government Backbenchers Club (PNBBC) from January 2021 to collapse of the PN government in August 2021, Chairman of the FELCRA Berhad briefly from May 2020 to July 2020, Member of Parliament (MP) for Tasek Gelugor from May 2013 to November 2022 and Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Permatang Berangan from March 2004 to May 2013. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the PN and formerly Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalitions and was a member of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. After the defeat of BN to PH in the 2018 general election, he resigned from UMNO in 2018 and joined BERSATU in 2019.^[1]

Shabudin is also a former Syariah Court judge. He is notable as he controversially opposed an amendment to be added in the Sexual Offences Against Children Bill 2017 and stated that the people who performed statutory rape are able to marry the victim without any punishment.^[2]

Politics

Debate of Sexual Offences Against Children Bill 2017

At about 4:10 pm Malaysia Standard Time (UTC+08:00) on 4 April 2017, Teo Nie Ching, a member of parliament for Kulai had proposed for a new amendment (15A) for the Sexual Offences Against Children Bill 2017, stating that child marriage should be banned. She stated that Malaysia had signed a United Nations resolution during October 2013. Malaysia also had signed the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the 16th article of the treaty writes the freedom to choose a spouse and to enter into marriage only with free and full consent. She emphasised that Malaysian's children cannot have the capacity to have free and full consent because they still cannot smoke cigarette, drive a car and vote until they reached the age of 21.

She later cited that at 30 November 2015, the deputy of the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development made a statement that the government does not support marriage under 18, the Prime Minister's Department expressed the serious issues of child marriage on 12 April 2016 and the Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Rosmah Mansor stated that the Malaysian have the power to increase the minimum age of marriage from 16 to 18.

She also gave out some cases of adults marrying underage children in Malaysia and claimed that the bride divorced soon after and some of their husband is actually a rapist. The chances of them dying is five times higher than a normal adult woman and they cannot continue their studies after marrying. She stated that the other Islamic country like Algeria, Egypt and Morocco's minimum marriage age is 18 years old and asked why Malaysia cannot be the same as theirs.^[3]

Retirement

On 19 June 2022, he had announced that he will retire from politics to give way for young people.^[4]

Election results

**Parliament of Malaysia**^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]
Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2013	P042 Tasek Gelugor	Shabudin Yahaya (UMNO)	24,393	51.53%	Abd Rahman Maidin (PAS)	21,351	45.11%	48,121	3,042	89.04%
2013		Shabudin Yahaya (UMNO)	24,393	51.53%	Mohd Shariff Omar (IND)	1,590	3.36%	48,121	3,042	89.04%
2018		Shabudin Yahaya (UMNO)	18,547	35.73%	Marzuki Yahya (BERSATU)	18,466	35.58%	52,890	81	86.92%
2018		Shabudin Yahaya (UMNO)	18,547	35.73%	Rizal Hafiz Ruslan (PAS)	14,891	28.69%	52,890	81	86.92%

**Penang State Legislative Assembly**^[11]
Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct.	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2004	N04 Permatang Berangan		Shabudin Yahaya (UMNO)	7,791	65.68%		Abdul Rahman Salleh (PAS)	3,881	32.72%	11,862	3,910	84.43%
2008	N04 Permatang Berangan		Shabudin Yahaya (UMNO)	7,295	56.97%		Arshad Mohammad Saleh (PAS)	5,310	41.46%	12,806	1,985	84.39%

Honours

Malacca :
- Companion Class II of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DPSM) – Datuk (2013)^[12]

References

^ Mazwin Nik Anis, Muguntan Vanar and Zakiah Koya (15 December 2018). "Six more MPs leave Umno". The Star. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
^ "MP: Okay for rapists to marry victims, even some 9-year-olds can marry". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
^ "13th Parliament of the Dewan Rakyat" (PDF). Retrieved 6 April 2017.
^ "Tasek Gelugor MP won't contest in GE15". FMT. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
^ "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2018. Results only available from the 2004 election.
^ "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
^ "my undi : Kawasan & Calon-Calon PRU13 : Keputusan PRU13 (Archived copy)". www.myundi.com.my. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13". Utusan Malaysia. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
^ "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE – 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
^ "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
^ "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE-12". semak.spr.gov.my. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
^ "SEMAKAN PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN, BINTANG DAN PINGAT". Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia). Retrieved 25 October 2018.

^ calon-p042-syabudin-ikrar-pertahan.html

[2] Mazwin Nik Anis, Muguntan Vanar and Zakiah Koya (15 December 2018). "Six more MPs leave Umno". The Star. Retrieved 15 December 2018.

[TheStar01-3] "MP: Okay for rapists to marry victims, even some 9-year-olds can marry". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 6 April 2017.

[Parlimen0404-4] "13th Parliament of the Dewan Rakyat" (PDF). Retrieved 6 April 2017.

[5] "Tasek Gelugor MP won't contest in GE15". FMT. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.

[undiinfo-6] "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2018. Results only available from the 2004 election.

[7] "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 24 March 2017.

[myundi_pru_13-8] "my undi : Kawasan & Calon-Calon PRU13 : Keputusan PRU13 (Archived copy)". www.myundi.com.my. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.

[Utusan_PRU_13_results-9] "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13". Utusan Malaysia. Retrieved 26 October 2014.

[GE14_results-10] "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE – 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.

[The_Star_GE14-11] "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.

[12] "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE-12". semak.spr.gov.my. Retrieved 19 June 2022.

[:1-13] "SEMAKAN PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN, BINTANG DAN PINGAT". Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia). Retrieved 25 October 2018.

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