Mat Shuhaimi bin Shafiei (27 February 1968 – 2 July 2018) was a Malaysian politician. Shafiei was a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party in the

Pakatan Harapan Pakatan Harapan (PH; stylised as HARAPAN; ) is a Malaysian Parliamentary group, political coalition consisting of Centre-left politics, centre-left political parties which was formed in 2015 to succeed the Pakatan Rakyat coalition. It has led ...

(PH) ruling coalition. Shuhaimi worked for former Menteri Besar of Selangor;

Mohamed Azmin Ali Mohamed Azmin bin Ali ( Jawi: محمد عزمين بن علي; born 25 August 1964) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the State Leader of the Opposition of Selangor and Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Hul ...

as a secretary. Shafiei represented Sri Muda seat in the

Selangor State Legislative Assembly The Selangor State Legislative Assembly () is the unicameral Dewan Undangan Negeri, state legislature of the Malaysian Malay states, state of Selangor. The State Assembly is composed of 56 members representing single-member constituencies througho ...

for two terms (2008-2018), and won reelection for Sungai Kandis seat instead in 2018 general election. He defeated three other candidates, but was unable to attend the swearing in ceremony due to ill health condition.

Death

Shafiei died of stage four lymphoma on 2 July 2018 at aged 50. His death caused the Sungai Kandis by-election held on 4 August 2018 which was retained by PKR. Charges of sedition against Shafiei were dropped shortly after his death.

Election results

References

2018 deaths People from Perak Malaysian politicians of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims Deaths from cancer in Malaysia Deaths from lymphoma People's Justice Party (Malaysia) politicians Members of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly 21st-century Malaysian politicians 1968 births {{Malaysia-politician-stub