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Khairul Anuar Ramli

Party
BERSATU · Malaysian United Indigenous Party
Coalition
PN
Constituency
Lunas
State
Kedah
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Why this matters to you

As the ADUN for Lunas (N34), Khairul Anuar Ramli represents constituents within the Kedah State Legislative Assembly, where PN holds a supermajority of 33 out of 36 seats (Source: freemalaysiatoday.com). Residents of Lunas have their state-level matters — including land administration, state development allocations, and local public services — channelled through this ruling coalition bloc. Kedah state decisions on natural resource management, including rare earth elements policy, are directly relevant to communities in Kedah, and Khairul Anuar's prior public stance on REE governance reflects the issues he has engaged with as a state-level representative.

Summary

Khairul Anuar bin Ramli is a BERSATU politician who has served as Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly for Lunas (N34) since August 2023, having won the seat under the Perikatan Nasional banner in a 33-seat landslide state election. Before entering the legislature, he was Kedah PN's Information Chief, acting as a party spokesman on issues including MACC referrals over UKSB/Bestinet allegations and natural resource governance disputes. He is a state-level representative (ADUN), not a federal Member of Parliament.

Biography

Khairul Anuar bin Ramli is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the Lunas constituency (N34) since August 2023 [1]. He is a member of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition [1]. Prior to his election to the state assembly, Khairul Anuar served as the Information Chief of Perikatan Nasional Kedah and held the equivalent role within Kedah BERSATU [2][3]. In that capacity, he was an active party spokesman on state-level issues, including lodging a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission in June 2022 regarding allegations that politicians and government servants received payments from companies UKSB and Bestinet [3]. He contested the Lunas seat in the 15th Kedah State Election held on 12 August 2023, running under the PN ticket in a five-cornered contest [4]. PN won the election in a landslide, securing 33 of 36 Kedah state seats, and Khairul Anuar was confirmed as the winner for Lunas [3][1]. EDITOR NOTE: Khairul Anuar Ramli is a state assemblyman (ADUN/MLA), not a federal Member of Parliament. Lunas (N34) is a Kedah state constituency, not a parliamentary seat. The user prompt's designation of 'MP' appears to be an error.

Known for

Khairul Anuar Ramli is known as the Kedah PN Information Chief who won the Lunas state seat in the August 2023 Kedah state election under the BERSATU/PN banner. He is associated with BERSATU's communications work in Kedah, publicly advocating for formal anti-corruption referrals and defending the PN state government's position on issues such as rare earth elements (REE) governance. He also drew public attention during the 2023 election campaign period following the circulation of an old video and a subsequently finalised court acquittal.

Political positions

As Kedah PN Information Chief, Khairul Anuar Ramli consistently took positions aligned with the Perikatan Nasional coalition. In June 2022, he announced that Kedah BERSATU would lodge an MACC report over allegations of politicians receiving money from companies UKSB and Bestinet, calling on implicated individuals to respond publicly [3]. In August 2023, ahead of the state election, he argued that the Home Minister's public disclosures on Kedah's rare earth elements (REE) issue risked prejudicing investigations and should be left to enforcement authorities, characterising the disclosures as political capital rather than due process [5]. These positions reflect a pattern of directing anti-corruption accountability efforts through formal channels while defending the PN-led Kedah state government against federal opposition scrutiny.

References

  1. [1]en.wikipedia.org
  2. [2]nst.com.my
  3. [3]freemalaysiatoday.com
  4. [4]bernama.com
  5. [5]sinarharian.com.my

Political career

  1. By June 2022Serving as Kedah BERSATU and PN Information Chief; announced Kedah BERSATU would lodge an MACC report regarding allegations of politicians receiving money from companies UKSB and Bestinet, and called on named ministers to respond.⛓
  2. 28 March 2023Court freed Khairul Anuar of all charges under Section 334 of the Penal Code (voluntarily causing hurt), finalising a case that had run for approximately 18 months.⛓
  3. 26 July 2023Named as Perikatan Nasional's candidate for the N34 Lunas seat in the upcoming Kedah state election, representing BERSATU.⛓
  4. 12 August 2023Won the N34 Lunas seat in the 15th Kedah State Election as part of PN's 33-seat landslide victory, and was subsequently sworn in as Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly.⛓

Election history

  • 2023Lunas N34 (Kedah State Election)Won⛓

Stance evolution

Public statements grouped chronologically. The party tag shows which party the politician was contesting under at that point.

  1. 2023BERSATU
    • The case went through nearly 18 months of proceedings, which is a long time for a small case like this. And thank God, on March 28, the court decided to free me from all charges.

      Khairul Anuar Ramli speaking at a press conference during the 2023 Kedah state election campaign period, responding to the recirculation of a viral video of a past incident. · Source

Perspectives on key issues

  • GovernmentBernama confirmed Khairul Anuar Ramli as the PN/BERSATU candidate for N34 Lunas in the 2023 Kedah state election, fielded by the governing PN coalition in Kedah.⛓
  • OppositionBernama reported that PKR's Shamsul Anuar Abdullah, the PH candidate for Lunas, acknowledged that GE15 voting patterns had favoured PN, and that strong efforts were needed to win back youth voters ahead of the 2023 state contest.⛓
  • VerifiedFactsFree Malaysia Today's official results list confirmed 'Anuar Ramli (PN)' as the winner of N34 Lunas in the 2023 six-state elections.⛓
  • VerifiedFactsNST reported that Khairul Anuar Ramli, as Kedah PN information chief, denied allegations of offering a constituent cash in exchange for a vote ahead of the 2023 state election.⛓

Notable legal history

According to Free Malaysia Today (August 2, 2023) and Malaysiakini (August 3, 2023), Khairul Anuar Ramli was charged under Section 334 of the Penal Code for voluntarily causing hurt, following a viral video allegedly showing him shoving a man. He stated that after approximately 18 months of proceedings, the court freed him of all charges on 28 March 2023. This case was confirmed finalised by two credible Malaysian news sources prior to the 2023 state election.

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