Noorazley Yahya

Summary

Datuk Noorazley bin Yahya is a BERSATU politician and the state assemblyman for Bukit Melawati, Selangor, having won the seat in the August 2023 state election under the Perikatan Nasional coalition. A former UMNO youth leader in Kuala Selangor, he sits in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly as part of the opposition bloc and holds the shadow portfolio for Tourism and Malay Heritage Culture. In November 2025, he was appointed Director of Communications and New Media Strategy for Bersatu Selangor.

Biography

Datuk Noorazley bin Yahya is a Malaysian politician serving as the Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bukit Melawati since August 2023 [1]. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition [1]. Prior to joining BERSATU, Noorazley was a member of UMNO, where he held positions including State Assistant Secretary, State Youth Secretary of Selangor, and Division Youth Chief of Kuala Selangor [1]. In the 12 August 2023 Selangor state election, Noorazley contested the N10 Bukit Melawati seat under the PN banner and won, becoming the first PN representative to hold the seat [2]. As an opposition assemblyman in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly, he was assigned the portfolio shadow for Tourism and Malay Heritage Culture within the PN opposition bloc's portfolio committee [3]. In November 2025, Selangor Bersatu chief Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali appointed Noorazley as Director of Communications and New Media Strategy for Bersatu Selangor [4]. The Bukit Melawati constituency falls within the Kuala Selangor parliamentary area and is divided into 14 polling districts [1]).

Known for

Noorazley is the first PN/BERSATU assemblyman to represent Bukit Melawati in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly. He has been a vocal opposition voice on cost-of-living issues affecting village communities in northern Selangor, particularly on assessment tax exemptions. Within Bersatu Selangor's party structure, he has been appointed to lead communications and media strategy.

Political positions

Noorazley has publicly opposed the Selangor state government's decision to cancel the automatic assessment tax exemption for homeowners in new villages, Malay villages, and fishing villages, arguing that residents of low socioeconomic status should not be required to individually apply and appeal for exemptions they previously received automatically [1]. He also questioned how monthly income was to be measured for self-employed villagers who do not earn a fixed salary, and raised the concern that the policy disproportionately affected communities in northern Selangor that had voted for PN [1]. His shadow portfolio in the Selangor opposition covers Tourism and Malay Heritage Culture [3].

Before politics

1. Pre-2023Served as State Assistant Secretary and State Youth Secretary of Selangor, as well as Division Youth Chief of Kuala Selangor, within UMNO, a component party of Barisan Nasional.⛓

Political career

1. July 2023Named as the Perikatan Nasional/BERSATU candidate for N10 Bukit Melawati in the upcoming Selangor state election.⛓
2. August 2023Won the N10 Bukit Melawati seat in the 2023 Selangor state election under the PN/BERSATU banner, becoming the first PN representative for the constituency.⛓
3. September 2023Assigned the shadow portfolio of Tourism and Malay Heritage Culture within the Selangor PN opposition portfolio committee, formed to scrutinise the state government's executive council.⛓
4. November 2025Appointed Director of Communications and New Media Strategy for Bersatu Selangor by state chief Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali, as part of a leadership restructuring of the party's state leadership.⛓

Election history

• 2023N10 Bukit MelawatiWon⛓

Perspectives on key issues

• GovernmentThe ruling PH-BN state government of Selangor, whose decision to cancel the automatic assessment tax exemption for village homeowners was challenged by Noorazley in the state assembly, has not issued a specific public rebuttal to his remarks as captured in allowlist sources.⛓
• OppositionNoorazley has argued that the cancellation of automatic assessment tax exemptions for new village, Malay village, and fishing village homeowners is a burden on low-income, self-employed residents and questioned whether the policy was politically motivated against PN-supporting communities in northern Selangor.⛓
• VerifiedFactsIn May 2024, a bankruptcy notice linked to Noorazley circulated on social media. Noorazley stated publicly that he was only a guarantor for a company — not the bankrupt individual — and that payment to the creditor bank had already been made. Utusan Malaysia, Sinar Harian, and Harian Metro all reported his denial. No court declaration of bankruptcy against him personally was confirmed by any allowlist source.⛓
• PublicPrior to the 2023 state election, a Bersatu leader (unnamed in reports) publicly questioned the fielding of Noorazley as the PN candidate for Bukit Melawati, describing certain candidates — without naming them directly — as undeserving. Free Malaysia Today reported that PN president Muhyiddin Yassin's decision to field Noorazley was final.⛓