Noor Najhan Mohamad Salleh

Summary

Noor Najhan bin Mohamad Salleh is a PAS politician and Division Chief of Kapar who has represented the Sementa state seat (N43, Selangor) under the Perikatan Nasional banner since August 2023, winning his first election with a majority of 10,039 votes. His assembly record is centred on infrastructure and public services in the Klang district, including flood mitigation, school readiness, agricultural land compliance, and local road conditions. He sits in the opposition benches of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly, with the state government held by Pakatan Harapan.

Biography

Noor Najhan bin Mohamad Salleh is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sementa (N43) since August 2023 [1]. He is a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) and holds the position of Division Chief of Kapar, representing PAS as a component of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition [1]. Prior to his election as a state assemblyman, he served as Selangor PAS deputy commissioner, a role in which he was publicly identified as announcing party positions at the 2022 PAS Muktamar [2]. In the 12 August 2023 Selangor state election, Noor Najhan made his electoral debut as the PN-nominated candidate for Sementa, defeating Pakatan Harapan's Erni Afrishah Azizi by a majority of 10,039 votes, receiving 32,200 votes to his opponent's 22,261 [3]. Since taking office, his documented assembly activity has centred on infrastructure and public services in the Klang district, including questions on flood mitigation funding, JAIS school readiness for the 2027 Year One intake, agricultural land compliance, and the recruitment policy of Selangor FC [4]. On the ground, he has engaged directly with delayed construction projects and road subsidence issues affecting residents in Sementa and Bukit Kapar [5]. No prior elected office has been documented in available sources.

Known for

Noor Najhan is identified in public records as the PAS Division Chief of Kapar and as Selangor PAS deputy commissioner before his 2023 electoral debut. He secured one of the largest winning margins in the Selangor state election that year, taking Sementa with a majority of 10,039 votes against the Pakatan Harapan incumbent [1]. His assembly record reflects a focus on flood management, education infrastructure, and local public works in the Klang-Kapar corridor.

Political positions

Based on his documented questions and statements in the Selangor State Assembly (DUN Selangor), Noor Najhan has raised matters concerning flood mitigation in the Klang district — querying the status and funding of flood mitigation projects for which the state and federal governments had collectively allocated over RM493 million [6]. He has also questioned the Selangor government on the preparedness of JAIS-administered schools to accommodate the 2027 shift to six-year-old Year One enrolment, pressing on teacher shortfalls and facility readiness [3]. On agricultural land, he raised the question of government action against unauthorised land use (KTK) in Selangor, with the state government responding on its whitening programme and enforcement framework [7]. He has also raised concerns in the DUN on the competitiveness of Selangor FC and the use of heritage players [6]. Outside the assembly, he has publicly highlighted delays to a flood mitigation construction project on Jalan Kapar in Sementa, citing utility relocation bottlenecks, and has called on developers at Bukit Kapar to bear road repair costs caused by heavy vehicle use [2]. No formal published positions on national-level policy or legislation have been documented in available sources.

Political career

1. September 2022Identified as Selangor PAS deputy commissioner; announced at the 2022 PAS Muktamar that Selangor PAS supported using the party's own symbol for the general election, in line with requests from other states.⛓
2. July 2023Nominated by Perikatan Nasional to contest the Sementa (N43) state seat in the 2023 Selangor state election, his first electoral candidacy.⛓
3. 12 August 2023Elected as Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly for Sementa, defeating PH's Erni Afrishah Azizi by a majority of 10,039 votes (32,200 votes to 22,261).⛓
4. November 2023Raised a question in the Selangor DUN on best practices for flood management, prompting the state government to announce that Selangor would be the first state to build a barrage at Sungai Kapar Kecil.⛓
5. November 2024Queried the status of flood mitigation projects in the Klang district at the Selangor State Assembly sitting; the state government confirmed 13 projects totalling over RM493 million in combined federal and state funding.⛓
6. November 2024Raised a question in the Selangor DUN on government action against unauthorised agricultural land use (KTK); the state government responded with details of its compliance and enforcement programme for 2025–2027.⛓
7. September 2025Publicly called on road authorities and developers to urgently address road subsidence on Jalan Iskandar at Bukit Kapar caused by heavy vehicle use from nearby industrial development, stating that developers must bear responsibility for road conditions on routes they use.⛓
8. April 2026Asked the Selangor Menteri Besar in the DUN about JAIS school preparedness — including teacher numbers and facilities — for the 2027 intake of six-year-old Year One pupils under the new Education Ministry guidelines.⛓
9. May 2026Highlighted to FMT delays to the Jalan Kapar flood mitigation construction project, citing underground utility relocation bottlenecks involving Air Selangor, Telekom Malaysia, TNB and Gas Malaysia, and expressing frustration that a related DUN question had gone unanswered by the relevant state Exco member.⛓
10. July 2025Raised a question in the Selangor DUN on whether Selangor FC would recruit heritage players from Europe to improve the team's competitiveness in the Malaysian league.⛓

Election history

• 2023Sementa (N43), SelangorWon59.1%⛓

Perspectives on key issues

• VerifiedFactsNoor Najhan won the Sementa state seat in August 2023 with 32,200 votes, a majority of 10,039 over PH's Erni Afrishah Azizi (22,261 votes), in his first electoral contest. He sits in the PN opposition bloc in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly, which is governed by PH.⛓
• OppositionAs a PN opposition assemblyman, Noor Najhan has used DUN question time to press the PH state government on infrastructure delivery, including flood project delays, teacher shortfalls in JAIS schools, agricultural land enforcement, and road maintenance responsibilities of developers. He publicly alleged that a relevant state Exco member failed to answer his DUN question on the Jalan Kapar flood project status.⛓
• AffectedResidents of Bukit Kapar raised road safety and dust pollution concerns to Noor Najhan, citing heavy vehicles from nearby industrial developments as the cause of road subsidence on Jalan Iskandar. Residents in Sementa have also expressed frustration over traffic congestion stemming from the delayed Jalan Kapar construction project.⛓