Jonathan Yasin


Jonathan bin Yasin is a Malaysian politician, and currently serving as Deputy Minister of Home Affairs since 10 March 2020. He is the Member of Parliament for Ranau. He joined the Malaysian United Indigenous Party on March 11 and was a member of the Perikatan Nasional component at the Federal Government level.

Elections

2008 general election

In the 2008 election, Jonathan under his party of People's Justice Party faced Siringan Gubat of the United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation and lost in a large majority.

2013 general election

In the 2013 election, Jonathan faced a new candidate Ewon Ebin of UPKO but losing again the parliamentary seat.

2018 general election

In the 2018 election, his party of PKR field him to contest the Ranau parliamentary seat again, facing the seat defending candidate Ewon Ebin from UPKO and subsequently won.

Election results

Incident

In 2013, Jonathan as a PKR member post a picture of Anwar Ibrahim being awarded the “Huguan Siou” in his Facebook account. This subsequently leading to furore among Kadazan-Dusun community in Sabah as the title is "sacred" and should only be used among the ethnic indigenous community, not for a country title. The Kadazandusun Cultural Association also demanded apologies from him and Anwar. Responding to the criticism, Jonathan said "Who am I to stop any Kadazan-Dusun individual from enthroning any person as 'Huguan Siou' Malaysia?". Anwar however denied that he was bestowed the honour.