Dato' Seri Azlan bin Man was born on 2 September 1958 and is a Malaysian politician and diplomat who served as the 9th Menteri Besar of Perlis from May 2013 and Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly for Bintong from May 2018 to November 2022.
18 Facts About Azlan Man
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Azlan Man served as the MLA for Pauh from May 2013 to May 2018.
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Azlan Man is a member of the United Malays National Organisation, a component party of the Barisan Nasional coalition.
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Azlan Man served as the State Chairman of BN of Perlis from April 2021 to April 2023 and of UMNO of Perlis from April 2021 to March 2023.
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Azlan Man was appointed as the Deputy Director of the Public Complaints Bureau in 2011.
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Azlan Man left civil service and returned to his home state Perlis in 2013.
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Azlan Man won the seat and was elected into the Perlis State Legislative Assembly as the Pauh MLA after defeating Idris Yaacob of Pakatan Rakyat by a majority of 1,382 votes.
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Azlan Man was appointed as the 9th Menteri Besar of Perlis for the first term, replacing Md Isa Sabu who was retiring from politics.
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Azlan Man was sworn in by Raja of Perlis Sirajuddin on 7 May 2013.
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Azlan Man won the seat and was elected as the Bintong MLA for the first term after defeating Mokhtar Che Kassim of Pakatan Harapan and Abd Jamil Kamis of Gagasan Sejahtera by a majority of 847 votes.
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Azlan Man was reappointed as the Menteri Besar for the second term and sworn in by Raja Sirajuddin on 24 May 2018.
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Azlan Man argued and disputed the sacking, claiming that he had not received any official sacking letters or notices from the coalition and the party and hence he was still a BN and UMNO member.
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The BN MLAs later retracted their boycott of Azlan Man and announced their support for him as Menteri Besar on 5 June 2018.
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Azlan Man lost the seat and was not reelected as the Bintong MLA for the second term after losing to Fakhrul Anwar Ismail of Perikatan Nasional by a majority of 4,329 votes.
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On 9 April 2023, it was reported that Azlan Man would be charged with corruption in the Sessions Court of Kangar on 10 April 2023.
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On 10 April 2023, Azlan Man was charged with five counts of submitting documents that are false or contain false details specifically false claims amounting to RM1.185 million for his trip to the United Kingdom from 2013 to 2017 with the intention of deceiving.
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On 12 May 2023, the case of Azlan Man who was facing five counts of submitting documents that are false or contain false details was transferred to the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court after Norsalha allowed the application of the prosecution on the grounds that it would be heard together with another five charges of money laundering.
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Azlan Man was represented by his lawyers Burhanudeen and Ramli Shariff.