1. Zulkifli Noordin held the seat as an Independent, although having been elected on the ticket and as a member of the People's Justice Party but was sacked in 2010.
20 Facts About Zulkifli Noordin
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Zulkifli Noordin was elected to the Parliament in the 2008 election.
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Zulkifli Noordin's election had been contested by the defeated UMNO candidate; however the court petition to overturn the result was eventually withdrawn.
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Datuk Zulkifli Noordin Nordin was a public figure in the controversy over the use of the word 'Allah' in a Catholic publication.
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Zulkifli Noordin called for the resignation of a Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party MP, Khalid Samad for supporting the right of Christians to use the word 'Allah'.
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On 6 March 2010, Zulkifli Noordin was dismissed from PKR following the unanimous decision of a party disciplinary panel arising from Zulkifli Noordin's lodging of a police report against Khalid Samad and his public criticisms of the Chief Minister of Penang, Lim Guan Eng.
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Zulkifli Noordin immediately indicated he would remain in Parliament as an Independent.
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Zulkifli Noordin has been vocal in criticising the federal opposition, especially the PKR, since his dismissal.
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In March 2013, Zulkifli Noordin has been heavily criticised by several Hindu politicians after giving a religious sermon belittling Hinduism.
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Zulkifli Noordin questioned the purity and holiness of the Ganges River, India, which is considered sacred by the Hindus, claiming that the Ganges River is filled with chicken carcasses and twigs floating.
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Besides that, Zulkifli Noordin mocked the Hindu god Lord Ganesha, by questioning why the Hindus are fighting over buying the deity's statue with the trunk broken.
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Zulkifli Noordin questioned the holiness of the Hindu gods when he said when the broken parts of the statue can just be mended by plaster.
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PKR vice-president and lawyer N Surendran wants Zulkifli to be charged with Section 298A of the Penal Code for uttering words which causes disharmony, feelings of enmity, hatred or ill-will on grounds of religion.
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Zulkifli Noordin added that Zulkifli is a close ally with Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, in which he described that UMNO and Barisan Nasional must take responsibility for the sacrilegious remarks and mockery of Hinduism.
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MIC central working committee member Datuk T Rajagopalu told Zulkifli to 'shut up' and apologise for his insensitive remarks against the Hindus.
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Zulkifli Noordin added that Zulkifli is unfit to be an MP, describing the lawyer as a half-baked lawyer and not a true Muslim man.
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Hindu Sangam chief said that no legal action were taken against Zulkifli Noordin because he is a Muslim and vice-president of Perkasa.
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Zulkifli Noordin later apologised on 1 April 2013 for hurting the feelings of the Indian community.
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Zulkifli Noordin added he had made a lot of mistakes during his tenure as a PAS member and as a lawyer for Anwar Ibrahim.
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On 17 April 2014, Zulkifli Noordin commented that Allah had killed off Karpal had received swift criticisms from Barisan Nasional and Opposition MPs.