Abdul Razak Ahmad (b June 6, 1939 - Aug 12, 2007) was a human rights lawyer and socialist politician who served as deputy president of the Parti Rakyat Malaysia in the 1980s and 1990s.
[4] At the time of his passing in 2007, he left behind his wife Kintan Mohd Amin and four children Zulkifli, Juliah, Faizal and Azlina.
Abdul Razak was awarded a Johor state scholarship to study law, and eventually became chairman of the University Socialist Club, a left-wing student group that had in 1954 experienced the first sedition trial in post-war Malaysia and Singapore.
Like many of Malaysia and Singapore's socialists who operated within the democratic system and were not supporters of the banned Malayan Communist Party, Abdul Razak always denied this accusation.
During this time Abdul Razak became a mainstay of PSRM at the national level, particularly as two other prominent leaders, Kassim Ahmad and Syed Husin Ali, were detained under the Internal Security Act for five and six years respectively.
[7] In 1986 he made headline news when he laid down across a railway track in Johor Baru in an attempt to stop a Singapore-bound train in protest at the visit of then Israeli president Chaim Herzog to the republic.
[8] 1986 saw Abdul Razak at the peak of his popularity as he enjoyed a 16 percent swing against Shahrir in the contest for the Johor Bahru parliamentary seat.
He was also a defeated candidate in Stulang coming in third in a three-way contest behind MCA's Long Hoo Hin and DAP's Yap Kok Sin.