Mohd Isa bin Abdul Samad (Jawi: محمد عيسى بن عبدالصمد; born 14 November 1950) is a Malaysian politician.
[2] Isa was a member and former vice-president of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition until 2018 when he quit to become an Independent.
Isa was born on 14 November 1950 at Malacca, Malaysia and was educated at Sekolah Kebangsaan Bagan Pinang, Port Dickson and then attended Alam Shah School, Kuala Lumpur.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Education degree from the University of Malaya before serving as a teacher at Sekolah Datuk Abdul Razak, Seremban from 1973–1978.
Hazizah died at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Hospital (HUKM) in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur on 7 December 2005 after suffering from parotid cancer for the past 10 years since 1995.
Isa as chairman of Felda Global Ventures Holdings (FGV) Bhd has been in conflict with chief executive officer, Zakaria Arshad.
[13] On 23 November 2018, FGV filed a suit against former chairman, Isa and former group president and chief executive officer, Mohd Emir Mavani Abdullah and 12 others for RM514 million and other damages in relation to the acquisition of London-listed Asian Plantations Ltd in 2014.
[14] On 30 November 2018, FGV filed another suit against Isa, Emir seeking relief totalling RM7.69 million in relation to the purchase of two luxury condominiums at Troika, Persiaran KLCC at prices significantly above market value, without proper due diligence and/or unauthorised use and possession of the units.
[15][16] On 14 December 2018, Isa has claimed trial to a charge of criminal breach of trust (CBT) and nine counts of receiving graft involving more than RM3mil as FELDA Chairman at a Sessions Court Kuala Lumpur.
Mohd Isa was also charged with receiving bribes of RM100,000; RM140,000; RM300,000; RM250,000; RM500,000; RM500,000; RM300,000; 500,000; and RM500,000 totalling RM3.09mil from Gagasan Abadi Properties Sdn Bhd director Ikhwan Zaidel between July 2014 and December 2015 as well as through Muhammad Zahid Md Arip, who was the Prime Minister's political secretary then, as gratification for helping approve the hotel's purchase for RM160mil.