Young Syefura Othman

Yang Berhormat Puan
Young Syefura Othman
MP
يوڠ شفورة عثمان
Young Syefura in 2022
Deputy Youth Chief of the
Democratic Action Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
19 March 2022
Secretary-GeneralLim Guan Eng
(2022)
Anthony Loke Siew Fook
(since 2022)
Youth ChiefKelvin Yii Lee Wuen
Preceded byChiong Yoke Kong
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Bentong
Incumbent
Assumed office
19 November 2022
Preceded byWong Tack
(PH−DAP)
Majority692 (2022)
Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly
for Ketari
In office
9 May 2018 – 19 November 2022
Preceded byLee Chin Chen
(PR–DAP)
Succeeded byThomas Su Keong Siong
(PH–DAP)
Majority3,710 (2018)
Personal details
Born (1989-11-09) 9 November 1989 (age 34)
Sitiawan, Perak, Malaysia
Political partyDemocratic Action Party (DAP)
(since 2013)
Other political
affiliations		Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
(2013–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(since 2015)
Spouses
Mohd Masyhur Abdullah
​
​
(m. 2016; div. 2019)​
Mohd Edrin Nordin
​
(m. 2021)​
Alma materWindfield International College
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionNurse
Websiteyoungsyefura.com

Yang Berhormat Young Syefura Othman (born 9 November 1989), nicknamed Rara,[1] is a Malaysian politician and nurse who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bentong since November 2022. She served as Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Ketari from May 2018 to November 2022. She is a member of the Democratic Action Party, a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. She has also served as Deputy Youth Chief of DAP since March 2022. Additionally, she is the first Bentong MP of the Malay ethnicity and the first female Malay MP of DAP in the Malaysian history.[2][3][4][5][6]

Personal life

Young Syefura is a sixth of seven children. She idolises the Minister of Youth and Sports Hannah Yeoh in politics.

Miscarriage of pregnancy

On 10 November 2022 during her 33rd birthday, Young Syefura was confirmed to have suffered a miscarriage after eight weeks of pregnancy and was resting at home. She also revealed that she had initially wanted to announce her pregnancy after the 2022 general election with a photograph of her home pregnancy test. She also shared that her pregnancy had appeared to stall after six weeks. She then thanked those who have extended their messages of support to her. Upon hearing the news, her opponent, fellow candidate for the Bentong federal seat in the election and former Bentong MP Liow Tiong Lai from the opposing Barisan Nasional (BN) and the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) expressed his sadness and sent his best and sincerest wishes and care for Young Syefura to recuperate well. In response, Young Syefura thanked Liow and apologised for her absence in the PH and DAP operations room and being unable to meet him during the campaign trail and his visit to there as she was at home. The reported reason for her miscarriage was overwork. Despite being at home, her campaign carried on without her presence.[7][8]

Election results

Pahang State Legislative Assembly
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2018 N34 Ketari Young Syefura Othman (DAP) 9,873 51.17% Lau Hoi Keong (MCA) 6,163 31.94% 19,296 3,710 83.80%
Roslan Md Esa (PAS) 3,260 16.89%
Parliament of Malaysia
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2022 P089 Bentong, Pahang Young Syefura Othman (DAP) 25,075 37.62% Liow Tiong Lai (MCA) 24,383 36.58% 66,657 692 76.57%
Roslan Hassan (BERSATU) 16,233 24.35%
Wong Tack (IND) 798 1.20%
Mohd Khalil Abdul Hamid (IND) 168 0.25%

References

  1. ^ "Rara taruhan DAP di Bentong". Berita Harian. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  2. ^ "'Saya orang biasa dari keluarga biasa'". HM Digital. Harian Metro. 10 Jun 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  3. ^ T.N. Alagesh dan Raja Norain Hidayah Raja Abdul Aziz (10 May 2018). "Rara pikul tanggungjawab baru". Harian Metro. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  4. ^ Hamizatul Maizan Mohamed (11 March 2019). "Young Syefura, ADUN Ketari ini tetap cantik menawan bertudung bawal". Nona. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  5. ^ Syed Jaymal Zahiid (26 Jun 2018). "Young Syefura berjaya dalam politik, suami rasa tercabar". Projek MM. The Malay Mail. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  6. ^ Phic Arman (3 May 2018). "5 hal menarik tentang calon PRU14 layak digelar paling jelita". Murai.my. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  7. ^ "On birthday, Pakatan's Bentong hopeful Rara says suffered miscarriage". Malay Mail. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  8. ^ "GE15: Liow saddened to hear of Young Syefura's miscarriage, wishes her well". The Star. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
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