Candidate · N40 Tiram (2026)
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Overall due diligence
Moderate
Enhanced due diligence required
The records document a sitting Dewan Negara member who is also a state-level party secretary, which warrants enhanced due diligence as a PEP, while no adverse matter appears in the records.
Electoral resilience
High
Records show wins at N41 Puteri Wangsa in 2004 and 2008 and at N40 Tiram in 2026, the 2026 margin being 28,255 votes. No records cover the contests in between, so the sequence is not continuous.
Political continuity
Stable
All records place him within UMNO/Barisan Nasional from 2004 through 2026, with no party or coalition change documented. Reporting in 2026 describes him defending BN's seat allocations in Johor.
Integrity signal
Clear
The records contain no allegation, charge, conviction, acquittal or dismissal concerning him. This reflects the limited materials supplied rather than a verified clean record.
Financial / corporate
Open
No company-registry, asset-declaration, credit or GLC appointment records are provided. The only related item is a reported remark on GLC and village-chief appointments, which is not a financial disclosure.
How much due-diligence attention each area needs — not a finding of wrongdoing.
Sitting Dewan Negara member and state-level UMNO/BN secretary, both politically exposed functions.
Documented state party secretary role and a Senate seat formally proposed by the Johor Menteri Besar and agreed by the state assembly.
No tender, contract or allocation records are provided; only a reported statement about state allocations and appointed posts.
No directorship, shareholding, GLC or foundation role is documented in the records.
No court or case records are provided, so civil or criminal history cannot be assessed.
No regulator or enforcement records are included; absence of such records here is not a finding.
No asset declaration, income or interest-disclosure material is provided.
The two media records are party-position statements with no adverse personal coverage reported.
The public record supplied is narrow: three Johor state election results, a two-outlet-confirmed Dewan Negara appointment in 2023, and two single-source reports of his statements as Johor UMNO/BN secretary. It establishes sustained UMNO/BN office-holding and a federal Senate seat, which places him in a politically exposed category. Nothing adverse appears, but the absence is a coverage gap, since no corporate, litigation, regulatory or financial material was provided. Enhanced due diligence should focus on company and court-registry checks and on Senate and state-level disclosure records.
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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.
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Utusan Malaysia reported that Abdul Halim Suleiman was appointed as a member of the Dewan Negara (Senate) for a three-year term, unanimously agreed by Johor state assemblymen on the proposal of Menteri Besar Onn Hafiz Ghazi.
“Datuk Abdul Halim Suleiman dilantik sebagai Ahli Dewan Negara.”
Free Malaysia Today reported that Johor BN secretary Abdul Halim Suleiman rejected DAP's Ramkarpal Singh's accusation that BN had backstabbed Pakatan Harapan by declaring it would contest all 56 Johor state assembly seats, saying it was not treachery but a democratic act of defending seats BN had won.
“How is it treachery when BN merely wants to defend their seats? We did not betray anyone. It is not treacherous to contest for seats in a democracy”
Free Malaysia Today reported that Johor Umno secretary Abdul Halim Suleiman stated that Pakatan Harapan assemblymen in Johor were treated fairly by the Barisan Nasional-led state government, even though no PH representatives were appointed as village chiefs, councillors, or to government-linked companies, because PH assemblymen still received allocations from the state government.
“"Halim said that even though no one from PH was appointed as a village chief, councillor or to a GLC, its assemblymen were treated fairly. 'PH assemblymen receive allocations from the (BN-led) state government, yet no one mentions this,' he said. 'Why focus only on being appointed as village chiefs or councillors?'"”
Contested 3 elections, won 3.
| Election | Seat | Ticket | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johor state election 2026 | N40 Tiram | UMNO · BN | 49,965 60.1% | Won by 28,255 |
| Johor state election 2008 | N41 Puteri Wangsa | UMNO · BN | 13,711 63.4% | Won by 5,791 |
| Johor state election 2004 | N41 Puteri Wangsa | UMNO · BN | 14,677 86.3% | Won by 12,340 |
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.