Senior ministers Azmin Ali and Hishammuddin Hussein, as well as law minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, and communications and multimedia minister Annuar Musa were among the prominent absentees for the vote according to the Parliament’s Hansard.

The motion, tabled by home minister Hamzah Zainudin, to extend the enforcement of sub-section 4(5) of Sosma on the 28-day maximum detention period for another five years was defeated with 85 MPs voting in favour, 86 against and the remaining 49 absent.

The 49 MPs who were absent included seven ministers and seven deputy ministers, with transport minister Wee Ka Siong, human resources minister M Saravanan and deputy defence minister Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz among them.

Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, former prime minister Najib Razak and PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang were the other notable absentees.

Here is the full list of absentees:

Barisan Nasional

• Hishammuddin Hussein (Sembrong)
• Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz (Tanah Merah)
• Zahidi Zainul Abidin (Padang Besar)
• Wee Ka Siong (Ayer Hitam)
• M Saravanan (Tapah)
• Annuar Musa (Ketereh)
• Hasan Arifin (Rompin)
• Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (Bagan Datuk)
• Najib Razak (Pekan)
• Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor (Putrajaya)
• Shamsul Anuar Nasarah (Lenggong)
• Bung Moktar Radin (Kinabatangan)
• Ahmad Maslan (Pontian)

Perikatan Nasional

• Azmin Ali (Gombak)
• Eddin Syazlee Shith (Kuala Pilah)
• Maximus Johnity Ongkili (Kota Marudu)
• Kamarudin Jaffar (Bandar Tun Razak)
• Mansor Othman (Nibong Tebal)
• Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh (Pasir Puteh)
• Jeffrey Gapari Kitingan (Keningau)
• Syed Abu Hussin Hafiz Syed Abdul Fasal (Bukit Gantang)
• Shabudin Yahaya (Tasek Gelugor)
• Abdul Hadi Awang (Marang)
• Muhyiddin Yassin (Pagoh)
• Redzuan Yusof (Alor Gajah)
• Ahmad Fadhli Shaari (Pasir Mas)
• Mohamaddin Ketapi (Lahad Datu)

Pakatan Harapan

• Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen (Bandar Kuching)
• Maszlee Malik (Simpang Renggam)
• Christina Liew Chin Jin (Tawau)
• Maria Chin Abdullah (Petaling Jaya)
• Awang Husaini Sahari (Putatan)
• Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (Pandan)
• Nurul Izzah Anwar (Permatang Pauh)
• Anwar Ibrahim (Port Dickson)
• Lim Kit Siang (Iskandar Puteri)
• Saifuddin Nasution Ismail (Kulim Bandar Baharu)
• Johari Abdul (Sungai Petani)
• Michael Teo Yu Keng (Miri)

Pejuang

• Dr Mahathir Mohamad (Langkawi)
• Shahruddin Salleh (Sri Gading)

Gabungan Parti Sarawak

• Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (Santubong)
• Tiong King Sing (Bintulu)
• Rohani Abdul Karim (Batang Lupar)

Warisan

• Ahmad Hassan (Papar)
• Ma’mun Sulaiman (Kalabakan)
• Shafie Apdal (Semporna)

Parti Sarawak Bersatu

• Masir Kujat (Sri Aman)

Independent

• Khairuddin Aman Razali (Kuala Nerus)

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