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Mohd Adhan Kechik

Malaysian politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ124415201 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mohd Adhan bin Kechik is a Malaysian politician who had served as the Member of the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bukit Bunga from March 2004 to August 2023. He is a member of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component of party Barisan Nasional (BN).

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Mohd Adhan Kechik” as malaysian politician. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Mohd, Adhan and Kechik.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2004, 2023—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Mohd, Adhan and Kechik providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Mohd Adhan Kechik”, the useful work is to connect “malaysian politician” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q124415201. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2004 and 2023.

Critical limits

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This entry incorporates text from “Mohd Adhan Kechik” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.