Johor State Assembly · P155 Tenggara
Pasir Raja
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Johor Election 2026 results
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A University of Malaya-trained doctor, Adham Baba served two federal Cabinet posts as Health Minister (2020-2021) and Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation (2021-2022), and is now a BN candidate returning to the state arena after eight years away.
38 years old
PKR Johor information chief and business manager at Stellar Media, Mohd Fakharuddin Moslim holds a Political Science degree from Universiti Sains Malaysia and finished third at Pasir Raja in 2022, also serving as PKR Tenggara branch chief.
51 years old
A 51-year-old private-school teacher and one of only two women among PAS's Johor candidates, Yuhanita Yunan previously lost to Adham Baba (BN) in the Tenggara parliamentary seat in 2018.
Background
- Born 6 October 1962 in Batu Pahat, Johor; a medical doctor trained at the University of Malaya and UMNO Tenggara division chief.[1]
- Minister of Health (2020-2021), then Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation (2021-2022).[1]
- MP for Tenggara (2004-2008 and 2018-2022); Pasir Raja assemblyman across two terms (2008-2018).[1]
- Fielded by BN at Pasir Raja in place of the dropped incumbent, returning to a state contest after eight years away.[1]
- Aged 38; born in Kota Tinggi, Johor; holds a Bachelor of Political Science from Universiti Sains Malaysia.[1]
- PKR Johor information chief and PKR Tenggara branch chief; previously the AMK (PKR youth) Kota Tinggi chief (2018-2022).[1]
- Contested Pasir Raja at the 2022 Johor election and lost, finishing third.[1]
- Born in Kota Tinggi, Johor and aged 38; holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons) in Political Science from Universiti Sains Malaysia (2019) and works as a business manager at Stellar Media.[2]
- Aged 51; a private-school teacher and one of only two women among PAS's 11 Johor candidates, alongside Normala Sudirman who stands in Tenang.[1]
- Not new to elections: she stood for PAS in the P155 Tenggara parliamentary seat at GE14 (2018), finishing third with 2,683 votes (6.0%) and losing to Adham Baba (BN).[2][3]
Controversies
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- As Health Minister, in a 19 March 2020 RTM interview early in the COVID-19 pandemic, he suggested that drinking warm water helps flush the virus into the stomach where acid kills it; the claim was rejected by the WHO, the Health Director-General and other doctors as having no scientific basis.[1][2]
- In April 2020 he said he had joined a WHO videoconference with 'over 500 countries', later correcting the figure to about 500 participants from 50 countries.[1]
- At a July 2021 Universiti Putra Malaysia event he referred to the 1918 'Spanish flu' as 'Spanish fly' and cited a death toll far below the actual figure, an error noted publicly given his medical training.[1]
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