Syed Hamid Albar

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Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Syed Albar is the Home Minister, appointed in PM Abdullah Badawi's cabinet after the 2008 general elections. The home ministry is the merger of former Home Affairs Ministry and Internal Security Ministry. He was formerly the Foreign Minister of Malaysia.

1 Government History
2 Political History
3 Personal History
4 Quotes
5 In The News
6 Other Publications
7 Sources

Government History

2008-current: Home Minister Former Foreign Minister

Political History

Personal History

Quotes

"The [Internal Security Act], which was introduced before the country’s independence, has been continued and improved. The ISA is not for the purpose of carrying out injustice but to protect the public’s right to live in comfort without fearing for their lives." - Defending the ISA, 27 April 2008 [1]

In The News

28 April 2008 (The Star) : Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar announces that the Home ministry has forwarded a proposal to the Civil Service Department in order to revise (upwards) the salary and incentives for the Politice Force.
27 April 2008 (The Star): Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar defends the ISA and will not be abolished for the sake of public order.
20 April 2008 (The Star): Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar promises more press freedom by symbolically approving the publishing permit for the Parti Keadilan Rakyat newspaper.
03 March 2008 (NST): MIC President Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu will meet Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar to discuss the release of the Hindraf 5.
28 March 2008 (The Star): Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar announces that he will champion the problem of overstaying foreign workers. He warns that a guest worker does not acquire the right to PR or citizenship just by working in Malaysia.
26 March 2008 (The Star): The merging of the former Internal Security and Home Affairs Ministries into the Home Ministry will take three months to complete, minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said. “It is a big ministry. We have 11 agencies and we have to resolve the administration side, and then restudy the mission and vision of what we want to achieve."