Arif Shah Omar Shah Explained

Arif Shah bin Omar Shah (born 2 November 1956) is a Malaysian politician. He had served as Member of Penang State Legislative Assembly for Seberang Jaya from 2004 to 2013. He is a member of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of Barisan Nasional (BN).

Honorific-Prefix:Yang Berbahagia Datuk
Arif Shah Omar Shah
Honorific-Suffix:DMSM PJK
Birth Date:2 November 1956
Residence:Persiaran Tenggiri, Seberang Jaya
Constituency Am1:Seberang Jaya
Assembly1:Penang State Legislative
Majority1:533
Term Start1:2004
Term End1:2013
Predecessor1:Raden Muhamad Amin Raden Hadi Munir
Successor1:Afif Bahardin
Party:United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Nationality:Malaysian
Spouse:Datin Latifah Asmawi
Children:Izhar Shah Arif Shah

Arif Shah was a former Member of Legislative Assembly for Seberang Jaya, Penang for two consecutive terms since 2004. He was nicknamed by the local Chinese community as "pek moh" (白毛), meaning "white hair" in Hokkien, because he was full of white hair.

Early life and education

Arif Shah was born on 2 November 1956. Arif Shah can speak Mandarin and Hokkien due to his early education at SRJK(C) Hun Lian, Taiping, Perak and followed by primary school extension at SRJK(C) Chong Hwa Wei Sin, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu. He then continued his education at SMJK(C) Chong Hwa Wei Sin, Kuala Terengganu and continued his studies at Chong Hwa High School, Gombak, Kuala Lumpur. His ability to speak Mandarin and Hokkien is expected to be able to understand the problems of the Chinese community and be able to communicate with them.

Next he studied at the Federal Institute of Technology majoring in civil engineering, then to Graber International, California, United States in the department of building materials.

Misidentification

On 15 March 2008, a demonstration was held in front of the Komtar building, Penang. The demonstration was broadcast by TV3 and RTM. They were orchestrated by the opposition in the Penang State Legislative Assembly. There was a newspaper that wrongly reported that Arif Shah was also present in this gathering, because the picture showed a white-haired man who was thought to be Arif Shah, but was actually Datuk Musa Sheikh Fadzir. They objected to the announcement of the Chief Minister of Penang, Lim Guan Eng to abolish the New Economic Policy and replaced it with the Malaysian Economic Agenda.[1]

Honours

Election results

Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2004N10 Seberang Jaya (UMNO)10,11364.16%Mansor Othman (PKR)5,64935.84%15,9624,46479.48%
2008 (UMNO)9,39551.50%Ramli Bulat (PKR)8,86248.50%18,49353381.54%
Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2008P044 Permatang Pauh, PenangArif Shah Omar Shah (UMNO)15,52433.16% (PKR)31,19566.64%47,25815,67180.84%
(AKIM)920.20%

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Notes and References

  1. http://msomelayu.blogspot.com/2008/03/reaksi.html Tugas Tunjuk Perasaan Diambil Umno