Ismail Sabri Yaakob

This is a Malay name; the name Yaakob is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Ismail Sabri.
Yang Berhormat Dato' Sri
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
MP
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 (1960-01-18) 18 January 1960
Temerloh, Pahang, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political party UMNO–Barisan Nasional
Spouse(s) Muhaini Zainal Abidin
Alma mater University of Malaya
L.LB
Occupation Politician, lawyer
Religion Sunni Islam
Website www.ismailsabri.com

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 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 Abdullah Badawi.[3] In April 2009, he became the Minister for Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism under new Prime Minister Najib Tun 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] His son Gadaffi is a singer who was a contestant in the 2007 series of Akademi Fantasia.[6]

Controversy

Boycott call

In 2015, Ismail Sabri sparked a firestorm of protest over his Facebook post urging Malay consumers to boycott allegedly profiteering Chinese businesses, arguing that it was necessary for Malays to exercise consumer power to prevent "profiteering" by the Malaysia's ethnic Chinese minority.

In reply, political analyst Wan Saiful Wan Jan, head of the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs think tank, said 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, 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 SUPP (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]

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.[19]

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.[20] 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. [21] 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.[22] According to Ismail Sabri, he has directed his lawyers to take legal actions against parties who accused him of consuming the turtle eggs.[22] 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.[23]

Turtles are protected species under the Sabah Wildlife Conservation Enactment 1997.[20]

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.[24] He has gone further in hoping that the unregulated industry can expand globally.[25] Many prominent doctors and physicians have publicly chided Ismail Sabri's support for the industry. [26] The latest opponent against the vape industry is the Sultan of Johor Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar who publicly decreed that all vape outlets must be shutdown by 1 January 2016. [27] Ismail Sabri has since toned down with his support.

Contribution

Agropreneur Muda


[28] Dato Seri Ismail Sabri once holds a position as a Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry. While serving his portfolio at the Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry, he created a unit called Agropreneur Muda. DSIS was the mastermind who created this unit to help thousands of young people to venture in this business. His vision was to produce Agropreneur Muda who are progressive, competitive, creative, innovative and with high income. The mission of Agropreneur Muda is to turn agriculture into a modern and dynamic sector and a promising career option of high income to young people. DSIS believes that this Unit will last long.

A fast to reply to any issues

Dato Seri Ismail Sabri are really concern about Malaysian people. DSIS will try to reply to any issues that arise especially about Ministry of Rural and Regional Development and any other issues that need for him to take an immediate action. [29] He create his Facebook and Twitter account to make it easy for anyone to communicate, complaints and share their thought with him. He will always check his social media since lots of people are using social media and it is easy to connect with people using his social media and if there any issues that bother his follower he will try to solve the issues soon as possible

A very loving persons

[30] As public known Dato Seri Ismail Sabri is a very loving and friendly person. We can see that he will try to bring joy to all the kids as the orphanage association such as Rumah Anak Yatim Al Firdaus and Raudahtul Al Faeez are all become his ‘Child’. He contribute his income to few orphan house. He also, will spend his income to buy the kids a new clothes and give ‘duit raya’ to the kids on the month of Eid Mubarak.

Low Yat II (Mara Digital)

[31] Low yat II or known as Mara Digital are founded by Dato Seri Ismail Sabri on Disember 2015. One of the reason why DSIS want to open Mara Digital is because the incident at Law Yat, the incident raised the issues of racism but the issues are handle well by the authorities. After the issue, DSIS come out with the idea to establish Mara Digital the main reason is to help Malay and Bumiputera to get the original electronic device with affordable price. With the opening of Mara Digital also, help lots of Malay and Bumiputera to do the business because they do not have to pay for the rental up to 6 months so they can sell the digital goods and information technology (IT) gadgets at much cheaper prices. The first Mara Digital are at Mara Building, Kuala Lumpur and the second one is at Anggerik Mall, Shah Alam, Selangor. The next five Mara Digital will be at Terengganu, Johor, Malacca, Negeri Sembilan dan Petaling Jaya.

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia: P90 Bera, Pahang[2]
Year Government Votes Pct Opposition Votes Pct
2004 Ismail Sabri Yaakob (UMNO) 16,714 56% Abd Wahab Ismail (PAS) 12,244 41%
2008 Ismail Sabri Yaakob (UMNO) 18,051 55% Mazlan Aliman (PAS) 14,230 43%
2013 Ismail Sabri Yaakob (UMNO) 21,669 50% Zakaria Abdul Hamid (PKR) 19,526 45%

References

  1. ↑ "Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob, Y.B. Dato' Sri" (in Malay). Parliament of Malaysia. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Malaysia Decides 2008 (including 2004 results)". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "New ministers: PM's reminder a timely one". The Star. 21 March 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  4. ↑ "New Cabinet Line-up Meets People's Expectations". http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=403026. 9 April 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2010. External link in |publisher= (help)
  5. ↑ Selvam, S. (6 July 2003). "NSC: We are not biased". New Straits Times. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  6. ↑ Aida Ahman (20 March 2011). "Meet Gadaffi the singer". The Star. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "TMI". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "The sun daily". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "astroawani". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "The star". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "The star liow tiong lai". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  12. ↑ "The star public services". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  13. ↑ "Saifuddin abdullah ly2". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  14. ↑ "Vulcanpost". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  15. ↑ "Mkini supp". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  16. ↑ "At 'Low Yat 2' opening, Ismail Sabri calls on minorities to support all-Malay IT mall". Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  17. ↑ http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015/09/21/Ismail-Sabri-MARA-terminate-Taylors/
  18. ↑ http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2015/09/22/minister-vilified-by-mca-dap-for-mara-taylors-decision/
  19. ↑ http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2015/09/22/minister-vilified-by-mca-dap-for-mara-taylors-decision/
  20. 1 2 Ismail Sabri: I didn’t eat turtle eggs, I only ate fish
  21. ↑ Ismail Sabri: I honestly didn’t know there were laws against turtle eggs
  22. 1 2 Ismail Sabri says wouldn’t eat eggs with a fork, to sue over claims
  23. ↑ Groups urge action over turtle eggs issue
  24. ↑ http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2015/11/10/vapes-ismail-sabri/
  25. ↑ http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2015/11/09/vape-ismail-sabri-malaysia-products/
  26. ↑ http://english.astroawani.com/malaysia-news/vaping-i-beg-differ-doctor-tells-ismail-sabri-80385
  27. ↑ http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/sultan-of-johor-orders-all-vape-outlets-in-the-state-to-close-shop-by-jan-1
  28. ↑ http://www.utusan.com.my/bisnes/usahawan/lebih-agresif-lahirkan-agropreneur-muda-8211-ismail-sabri-1.89718/
  29. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/ismail.sabri.355?fref=ts/
  30. ↑ http://www.sinarharian.com.my/nasional/usaha-tingkat-infrastruktur-luar-bandar-1.533225/
  31. ↑ http://www.nst.com.my/news/2016/05/146492/free-six-months-rent-tenants-future-mara-digital-malls/
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