Lokman Noor bin Adam (Jawi: لقمان نور بن ﺍدم; born 1 January 1973), better known by the nickname Lobakman, is a Malaysian politician who was appointed as the head of the Media Secretariat of the Unity Government since May 2023[7] and the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Permodalan RISDA Berhad since December 2023.
Lokman Noor is an important figure for Reformasi in defending human rights and the freedom of Anwar Ibrahim.
[9][10][11][12][13] On 15 July 2021, he was sentenced to one month in prison by the Kuala Lumpur High Court, after being found guilty of contempt of court for threatening the main witness Amhari Efendi in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal case involving former prime minister Najib Razak.
[14][15] Lokman Noor bin Adam was born on 1 January 1973 in Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia.
His father, Adam Ali who served as the former Head of Information for UMNO Kluang Division during Lokman Noor's childhood.
After his dismissal, Lokman Noor became a fighter for the KeADILan and Reformasi wave from that moment on who was locked up eight times for leading a series of demonstrations defending the right to speak and assemble and fight for liberation of former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim.
While being a JASA Thinker Panel for almost seven years, he performed the task of responding to current issues on behalf of the government through writing, producing infographics, videos, publishing neural stimulation materials in addition to delivering lectures on current issues, presenting working papers, being a forum panel and debate representing government to civil servants, political party machinery, NGOs, domestic and foreign students.
This election saw a three-cornered clash between the Pakatan Harapan (PH)–People's Justice Party (PKR), BN–UMNO and Independent candidates.
He was also arrested eight times and detained under the ISA in 1998 for leading a demonstration to defend the right to speak and assemble to fight for Anwar Ibrahim who was sacked as deputy prime minister on allegations of corruption and sodomy.
[28] His appointment as an adviser to the son of Sultan Julaspi Kiram was aimed at assisting with dealings with the Malaysian government regarding their welfare.
To confirm this matter, you can refer to the foreign minister at the time, Syed Hamid Albar," he said in a media statement today.
They claimed that Lokman Noor at that time as a member had violated party discipline for disputing the decision made by the leadership regarding the investigation of the disciplinary board against the former Vice President Hishammuddin Hussein.