JOHOR BARU: At almost 11 months, Datuk Osman Sapian’s tenure as the mentri besar is the shortest ever for a head of the Johor state administration.
But he does not hold the record for being the country’s shortest-serving head of a state government.
Osman, the 67-year-old state assemblyman for Kempas, was sworn in as the 16th mentri besar of Johor at Istana Bukit Serene on May 12 last year, three days after Pakatan Harapan swept to power in the 14th General Election . The Johor Pakatan and Johor Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia chairman had held the Kempas seat under Barisan for three terms, from 1999 to 2013.Despite helming the state administration for only a short time until his resignation yesterday, Osman was a controversial mentri besar.
Early this year, several news portals in Singapore claimed that Osman had entered the waters of the republic during a visit to the Malaysia-Singapore maritime boundary on Jan 9.Singapore claimed that Osman had trespassed into its territorial waters and sent a protest note dated Jan 11 to Wisma Putra and sought the postponement of the 14th meeting of the Joint Ministerial Committee for Iskandar Malaysia.
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