Candidate · P11 Pendang (2013)
Current
Overall due diligence
High
Enhanced due diligence required
Senior federal minister, party president and sitting MP, with a live MACC matter and an unresolved 2011 charge on the record; multiple financial and corporate checks still open.
Electoral resilience
High
Two consecutive Kota Raja wins by very large margins (71,142 then 73,998 votes), after four straight federal losses 2004–2013.
Political continuity
Elevated
Switched from PAS to founding AMANAH in 2015 after the PAS progressive faction was ousted; sat in BA, PR, PH and now the Anwar-led Unity Government coalition.
Integrity signal
Review
Records show ISA-era detentions (1984–86, 1987–89), a 2011 Section 500 charge over a Bukit Kepong talk, and a 2026 MACC investigation into delayed fertilizer supply in Kedah in which he gave a statement as a witness; outcomes of the charge and the MACC matter are not in the records.
Financial / corporate
Open
No SSM, asset-declaration, Auditor-General's land office or company-directorship records were supplied, and absence of records is not evidence of a clean profile.
On 21 September 2011 he was charged at the Butterworth Sessions Court under Section 500 of the Penal Code over a talk at Padang Menora on 21 August 2011 concerning the Bukit Kepong Incident. The supplied record notes the matter was raised in legal language and does not record its disposal.N7
Status: Charge on record; the records do not document an acquittal, conviction, or other disposal.
Detained 1984–86 under the ISA on alleged involvement in extremist movements, and again 1987–89 under Operation Lalang at Kamunting Detention Center.N4N5
Status: Historical political detention; no records of any subsequent conviction on the supplied material.
Mohamad bin Sabu is a senior federal minister (Agriculture and Food Security), sitting AMANAH MP for Kota Raja and founding AMANAH president, with a four-decade career in Malaysian politics. The records show a live MACC matter into delayed fertilizer supply in Kedah — in which he has given a statement to assist investigators but is not identified as an accused party — and a 2011 Section 500 charge whose disposal is not documented. Given his ministerial procurement interface and the absence of supplied SSM, asset-declaration and Auditor-General financial checks, enhanced due diligence is appropriate and focused on the MACC probe outcome, the 2011 court file and his financial disclosures.
Public-record review · allegations ≠ findings · a charge is not a conviction · every point links to its source record (E official results, R reviewed records, N collected reports). Prepared by AI from the records on this page; not an analyst finding, and it can be wrong.
According to Wikipedia, Mohamad bin Sabu enrolled at MARA Institute of Technology (now Universiti Teknologi MARA) for a Diploma in Food Technology but did not complete the course and was dismissed due to involvement in the students' movement circa 1971–1975.
“he did not complete the course and was dismissed due to students' movement circa 1971–1975”
According to Wikipedia, Mohamad bin Sabu joined PAS in 1981 and served as the party's Deputy President from 2011 to 2015 before being ousted at the 2015 PAS leadership election alongside other progressive leaders.
How much due-diligence attention each area needs — not a finding of wrongdoing.
Federal minister, sitting MP and founding president of a ruling coalition component party.
Long-standing links across PH and Unity Government, including service under Mahathir and now Anwar Ibrahim.
As Agriculture Minister he oversees fertilizer and farm-input distribution — the same area under current MACC scrutiny.
No SSM, GLC board appointment or company-directorship records were supplied.
2011 Section 500 Penal Code charge on record; ISA-era detentions in 1984–86 and 1987–89. Outcome of the 2011 charge is not in the records.
Live MACC probe into delayed fertilizer supply; he is on the record as having given a statement but is not identified as accused in the supplied reports.
No asset-declaration, Auditor-General's land office, court-fee or financial records were supplied.
Single-source reports on policy positions and one contested 2018 statement on RMAF jet readiness; no sustained reputational finding in the supplied material.
“He joined PAS in 1981. He had served as Deputy President of PAS, a former component party of the former Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and Barisan Alternatif (BA) opposition coalitions, from 2011 to 2015.”
According to Wikipedia, Mohamad bin Sabu has served as the 1st and founding President of Parti Amanah Negara (AMANAH) since September 2015.
“He has also served as the 1st and founding President of AMANAH since September 2015.”
According to Wikipedia, Mohamad bin Sabu served as Minister of Defence in the Pakatan Harapan administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from May 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020.
“Minister of Defence in the PH administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from May 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020”
According to Wikipedia, on 28 June 2018 Mohamad bin Sabu announced that Malaysia would withdraw its troops stationed in Saudi Arabia to reflect the country's neutrality in the region.
“On 28 June 2018, Mat Sabu announced that Malaysia will withdraw its troops stationed in Saudi Arabia to reflect the country's neutrality in the region.”
According to Wikipedia, on 31 July 2018 Mohamad bin Sabu revealed to the press that only four of the Royal Malaysian Air Force's 18 Russian fighter jets were operational.
“Mat Sabu revealed to the press that only four of the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF)'s 18 Russian fighter jets were operational.”
According to Wikipedia, Mohamad bin Sabu has served as Minister of Agriculture and Food Security in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since November 2022.
“has served as the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since November 2022”
Arrests, charges, convictions, sentences, acquittals and pardons as reported by credible sources. Each item is marked with its stage — a charge is not a conviction — and outcomes are listed where reported.
According to Wikipedia, Mohamad bin Sabu was charged on 21 September 2011 under Section 500 of the Penal Code at the Butterworth Sessions Court over a talk at Padang Menora on 21 August 2011 concerning the Bukit Kepong Incident.
“Mat Sabu was charged under Section 500 of the Penal Code at the Butterworth Sessions Court for aggravating the image of their police and their families in a talk at Padang Menora on 21 August 2011.”
Allegations and investigations as reported by credible outlets. An allegation is not a finding; read each with its stage and source.
According to Wikipedia, Mat Sabu was detained from 1984 to 1986 under Malaysia's Internal Security Act on charges of being involved in extremist movements.
“He was detained twice under the Internal Security Act (ISA): from 1984 to 1986 under charges of being involved in extremist movements”
According to Wikipedia, Mat Sabu was detained from 1987 to 1989 as a result of Operation Lalang at the Kamunting Detention Center.
“and from 1987 to 1989 as a result of Operation Lalang, an operation that remains controversial in Malaysian politics.”
Utusan Malaysia reported that Mohamad Sabu confirmed he had given a statement to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (SPRM), recorded on 16 September, to assist the investigation into the delayed supply of fertilizer to rice farmers in Kedah.
“media melaporkan Ketua Pesuruhjaya SPRM, Datuk Seri Abd Halim Aman mengesahkan keterangan Mohamad telah dirakam pada 16 September lalu”
Bernama reported that Mohamad Sabu urged the public to revive the spirit of the 1974 Green Book Policy to raise food self-sufficiency, reduce dependence on food imports and address the rising cost of living, and said the government will continue strengthening the fisheries and livestock sectors through modernisation, high-value aquaculture, technology in animal feed production and enhanced biosecurity.
“Mohamad urged the public to raise awareness of the critical importance of national food self-sufficiency by reviving the spirit of the Green Book Policy, introduced in 1974 by the country's second Prime Minister, the late Tun Abdul Razak.”
Bernama reported that Agriculture and Food Security Minister Mohamad Sabu said MAHA 2026 will mark a new chapter for the nation's agricultural sector by prioritising sustainability in the agrifood industry, including efficient electricity use, waste and food management, reducing single-use plastics, regenerative agriculture and recycling.
“I hope MAHA 2026 will mark a new chapter for the nation's agricultural sector, where we begin taking steps to prioritise and focus on sustainability. Let us not regard the sustainability of the agriculture and agrifood sectors, or sustainable practices, as trivial matters”
Contested 12 elections, won 5.
| Election | Seat | Ticket | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GE15 (2022) | P111 Kota Raja | AMANAH · PH | 123,306 62.4% | Won by 73,998 |
| GE14 (2018) | P111 Kota Raja | AMANAH · PH | 90,697 70.8% | Won by 71,142 |
| GE13 (2013) | P11 Pendang | PAS · PR | 29,527 47.9% | 2nd of 2 |
| GE12 (2008) | P36 Kuala Terengganu | PAS · PR | 31,934 49.0% | 2nd of 3 |
| Kedah state election 2004 | N14 Alor Mengkudu |
Official gazetted results via the Malaysian Election Corpus (grade A record).
Collected automatically from credible outlets and Wikipedia, then cross-checked: Verified items match the official record, Confirmed items were reported by two or more different outlets, and single-source items are one outlet’s report. Partisan and anonymous claims are never shown.
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| PAS · BA |
| 6,268 40.8% |
| 2nd of 2 |
| GE11 (2004) | P10 Kuala Kedah | PAS · BA | 26,493 41.9% | 2nd of 2 |
| GE10 (1999) | P10 Kuala Kedah | PAS · BA | 23,548 51.1% | Won by 991 |
| GE9 (1995) | P24 Kubang Kerian | PAS · APU | 21,377 65.5% | Won by 10,125 |
| GE8 (1990) | P22 Nilam Puri | PAS · APU | 19,596 62.1% | Won by 8,139 |
| GE7 (1986) | P41 Permatang Pauh | PAS · HAK | 7,500 29.4% | 2nd of 2 |
| Pulau Pinang state election 1982 | N9 Penanti | PAS | 2,844 33.7% | 2nd of 2 |
| GE6 (1982) | P35 Kepala Batas | PAS | 4,115 16.8% | 2nd of 3 |