Hassan bin Abdul Karim (born 17 October 1951; Jawi: حسن بن عبد الكريم) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pasir Gudang since May 2018.
Overturning his previous record of five election losses, he defeated incumbent Menteri Besar of Johor Mohamed Khaled Nordin of Barisan Nasional (BN) and three other candidates by a majority of 24,726 votes.
[4] Following Anwar's release from prison and return as president of PKR, Hassan was appointed the party's Johor state chairman in 2018.
[6] On 28 December 2018, he reversed his decision and accepted the position[7] but later resigned 12 July 2019,[8] citing differences with the Johor palace.
On 16 November 2015, Hassan was charged at the Shah Alam Sessions Court with three counts of making seditious statements via his public Twitter account in which he was alleged to have criticised the Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah being abroad during Selangor Mentri Besar crisis in 2014.