Tun Abdullah bin Ahmad Badawi is a Malaysian retired politician who served as the fifth Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2003 to 2009. He was also the sixth president of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO),the largest political party in Malaysia,and led the governing Barisan Nasional (BN) parliamentary coalition. He is informally known as Pak Lah,Pak meaning 'Uncle' or 'Sir',while Lah is taken from his name 'Abdullah'. He was also a Member of Parliament (MP) for Kepala Batas for eight consecutive terms,from 1978 to 2013. During the later part of Abdullah's administration,his government faced criticism for economic policies and performance,including concerns about inflation and the rising cost of living.
Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak is a Malaysian politician who served as the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2009 to 2018. In 2020,he was convicted of corruption in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal,one of the largest money-laundering and embezzlement scandals in history. He is the son of former prime minister Abdul Razak Hussein. Najib Razak was the chairman of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition from April 2009 to May 2018 and the president of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) from November 2008 to May 2018,which had maintained control of Malaysia's government with a parliamentary majority for more than sixty years until the coalition's defeat in the 2018 general election.
Shahrizat binti Abdul Jalil is a Malaysian politician who served in the Cabinet of Malaysia as Minister of Women,Family and Community Development from 2009 to 2012. She was the Member of Parliament for Lembah Pantai from 1995 to 2008 and subsequently served as a Senator in the Dewan Negara.
Abdul Rahim bin Thamby Chik is a Malaysian politician. He was the 6th Chief Minister of Malacca from 1982 to 1994. He is a former youth chief of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO),a major component party of Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He was aligned with Mahathir Mohamad during the 1987 UMNO General Assembly. Presently he is an Independent politician due to his resignation from UMNO in 2018 and pending his application to join the Malaysian United Indigenous Party or Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (BERSATU),a component of the new Pakatan Harapan (PH) government coalition.
Ling Liong Sik is a retired Malaysian politician. He was the sixth president of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA),a component party of Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition and also the former Malaysian Minister for Transport. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak filed the suit against Ling Liong Sik on 2015,alleging that Ling had made libellous remarks against him in an article carried on a news portal.
Rosmah binti Mansor is the second wife of former Prime Minister of Malaysia,Najib Razak. Like her husband,she was implicated in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal (1MDB). On 1 September 2022,she was found guilty of corruption in relation to a school electricity project,fined $303m and sentenced to ten years imprisonment.
Tun Hajah Rahah binti Mohamed Noah was the wife of the second Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak Hussein (1922–1976) and the mother of sixth Prime Minister Najib Razak. She was the daughter of Mohamed Noah Omar (1898–1991),first Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat and also third President of the Dewan Negara.
Ali bin Hamsa was a Malaysian civil servant who served as the 13th Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia from 24 June 2012 to 28 August 2018.
The Citizens' Declaration was a declaration issued by an array of Malaysian political leaders on 4 March 2016 to demand Prime Minister Najib Razak's resignation from office. It was launched at a press conference chaired by former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
2018 in Malaysia is Malaysia's 61st anniversary of its independence and 55th anniversary of Malaysia's formation.
Khalid bin Abu Bakar is a retired Malaysian police officer who served as the 10th Inspector-General of Police of Malaysia (IGP),succeeding Ismail Omar. He retired as IGP on 4 September 2017 and was succeeded by Mohamad Fuzi Harun. A day after he retired from the police,Khalid was appointed chairman of Prasarana Malaysia by the Prime Minister of Malaysia,Najib Razak.
Mohamed Apandi bin Ali is a Malaysian lawyer and politician who was the Attorney General of Malaysia from 2015 to 2018. Six months after assuming office,he cleared then prime minister Najib Razak of any wrongdoing in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and SRC International cases and marked the investigation for "no further action".
Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Abdul Kadir bin Sheikh Fadzir is a Malaysian politician and former seven-term Member of Parliament (MP) of Malaysia representing Kulim-Bandar Baharu constituency in the state of Kedah. He also formerly served as the Minister of Information (2004–2006),Minister of Culture,Arts and Tourism (1999–2004) in the Cabinet of Malaysia.
Tan Sri Abdul Hamid bin Othman was a minister in the Prime Minister's Department. He was appointed in 2001 as a Religious Advisor to the then Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad and later as Religious Advisor to Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi from 2005 to 2009. Several parties recognized him as UMNO scholar and made a winding-up speech during the UMNO General Assembly.
Abdul Hamid bin Bador is a Malaysian retired police officer who served as the 12th Inspector-General of Police (IGP) from May 2019 to May 2021. He was the Acting Deputy Inspector-General of Police of Malaysia (DIGP) and Director of the Special Branch (SB) of the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM).
Dato' Sri Mohamad Shukri bin Abdull,is the fourth and former chief commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
Events in the year 2020 in Malaysia.
Events in the year 2022 in Malaysia.
The 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal is an ongoing political scandal in Malaysia,in which then-Prime Minister Najib Razak was accused of channeling over RM 2.67 billion into his personal bank accounts from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB),a government-run strategic development company. 1MDB was overseen by Najib as head of its advisory board. Following repeated calls for resignation by the public,Najib lost power in the 2018 Malaysian general election,and is currently on trial along with several key figures involved.
Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram was a Malaysian judge of the Federal Court,a senior lawyer,and a distinguished constitutional jurist. He was the first practising lawyer in Malaysia to be appointed directly to the Court of Appeal when the court was first established in 1994. He was in active practice almost purely as an advocate until his elevation on 17 September 1994.
Malaysia 
Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (1993) [16] 
Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) –Tan Sri (2003) [17] 
Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (PMN) –Tan Sri (2005) [18] 
Federal Territory (Malaysia) :
Grand Knight of the Order of the Territorial Crown (SUMW) –Datuk Seri Utama (2015) [19] 
Kelantan :
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Life of the Crown of Kelantan (SJMK) –Dato' (2003)
Malacca :
Grand Commander of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DGSM) –Datuk Seri (2004) [20] 
Pahang :
Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) –Dato' Sri (2005) [21] 
Perlis :
Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Perlis (DPMP) –Dato' (1995)
Sabah :
Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) –Datuk (2001)
Grand Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (SPDK) –Datuk Seri Panglima (2002)
Sarawak :
Knight Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawak (PNBS) –Dato Sri (2009) [22] 
Selangor :
Knight Grand Companion of the Order of Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah (SSIS) –Dato' Setia (2003) [23] 
