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Sallehuddin Abdullah

Party
PAS · Malaysian Islamic Party
Coalition
PN
Constituency
Selinsing
State
Perak
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Why this matters to you

As the opposition ADUN for Selinsing, Sallehuddin Abdullah holds a scrutiny role in the Perak State Legislative Assembly, questioning the state government on matters that directly affect Selinsing residents, including the governance and programming of local mosques — institutions that serve as community centres for the majority-Malay constituency (Source: utusan.com.my). His questions in the DUN on mosque empowerment have prompted responses from the Menteri Besar regarding state policy on religious institution management (Source: sinarharian.com.my). Residents of Selinsing can follow his DUN interventions to track how local concerns around religious, community, and public order issues are being raised with the state government.

Summary

Sallehuddin Abdullah is the PAS-Perikatan Nasional state assemblyman for Selinsing (N.12), Perak, elected on 19 November 2022 and sitting as part of the opposition in the Perak State Legislative Assembly. He has been active in the Dewan Negeri Perak, raising questions on mosque governance and community institutions. In October 2024, police recorded his statement in connection with a public gathering in Teluk Intan investigated under the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012; no finalised legal outcome has been confirmed by multiple credible sources.

Biography

Sallehuddin Abdullah is the Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) for Selinsing (N.12), a state constituency in Perak, representing Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) under the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition [1]. He contested the Selinsing seat in the 15th General Election held on 19 November 2022, standing as the PN-PAS candidate in a three-cornered contest against Barisan Nasional (UMNO) and Pakatan Harapan (Amanah) [2]. He won the seat as part of PN's broader performance in Perak, where the coalition secured 26 of 59 state seats — the largest single-coalition bloc in the assembly, though not a majority [3]. Following the election, a BN-PH coalition was formed to govern Perak, placing Sallehuddin and his fellow PN assemblymen in the state opposition [3]. As a sitting opposition ADUN, Sallehuddin has been active in the Perak State Legislative Assembly (Dewan Negeri Perak), raising questions on matters including the strengthening of mosque institutions in Perak [4]. In October 2024, he was among five PAS members whose statements were recorded by Perak police in connection with a gathering at Dataran Menara Condong, Teluk Intan, which was investigated under Section 9(1) of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 for being held without prior police notification [5]. No further legal outcome from that investigation has been confirmed by at least two credible sources.

Known for

Sallehuddin Abdullah is known as the PAS-PN state assemblyman for Selinsing, Perak, elected in 2022 as part of the opposition bloc in the Perak State Legislative Assembly. He has used his position in the assembly to raise questions on religious institution governance, including the role of mosques in Perak [6]. He was also publicly identified as one of the PAS representatives present at a Jalur Gemilang gathering in Teluk Intan in October 2024, following which police recorded statements from participants under the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 [7].

Political positions

Based on available sourced records, Sallehuddin has raised questions in the Perak DUN regarding the empowerment of mosque institutions in the state and the government's approach to ensuring mosques remain free from partisan political activity [4]. His participation in the October 2024 Jalur Gemilang gathering in Teluk Intan — a counter-rally following an incident in which Chinese flags were waved at a public event — reflects an engagement with issues of national identity and Malay-Muslim concerns consistent with PAS's political orientation [5]. No further specific policy positions have been sourced from the allowlist.

References

  1. [1]spr.gov.my
  2. [2]sinchew.com.my; malaysiakini.com
  3. [3]en.wikipedia.org
  4. [4]utusan.com.my; sinarharian.com.my
  5. [5]thestar.com.my; freemalaysiatoday.com
  6. [6]utusan.com.my
  7. [7]thestar.com.my

Political career

  1. November 2022Contested and won the Selinsing (N.12) state seat in the 15th General Election as the PN-PAS candidate, in a three-cornered fight against BN-UMNO and PH-Amanah.⛓
  2. April 2025Raised a supplementary question in the Perak DUN on the state government's efforts to empower mosque institutions in Perak and the issue of politicians speaking in mosques.⛓
  3. October 2024Had his statement recorded by Perak police at Hilir Perak District Police Headquarters in connection with a Jalur Gemilang gathering at Dataran Menara Condong, Teluk Intan. The gathering was investigated under Section 9(1) of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012.⛓

Election history

  • 2022Selinsing (N.12), PerakWon⛓

Perspectives on key issues

  • VerifiedFactsSallehuddin Abdullah (PAS-Selinsing) was confirmed as a sitting ADUN in the Perak State Legislative Assembly and raised a supplementary question on mosque governance during the DUN Perak sitting.⛓
  • GovernmentPerak Menteri Besar Saarani Mohamad, responding to Sallehuddin's DUN question, stated that no politician — from the government or opposition — is permitted to speak in mosques, in line with a royal directive by Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah, and that action had been taken against the mosque chairman and secretary involved.⛓
  • OppositionAs a PN-PAS opposition ADUN, Sallehuddin participated in a public counter-rally in Teluk Intan following the Chinese flag-waving incident at a Guan Gong procession, and had his statement recorded by police under the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012.⛓

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