Hasan Arifin

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Arifin is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Hasan. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Hasan bin Arifin is a Malaysian politician. He formerly served as Member of Parliament (MP) of Rompin for two terms. Hasan is a member of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a major component party of Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.

Yang Berbahagia Dato' Sri Hasan Arifin SSAP DSAP
Exco roles (Pahang)
1995–1999	Deputy Menteri Besar of Pahang
1995–1999	Chairman of the Public Amenities
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2015–2022	Barisan Nasional
Faction represented in Pahang State Legislative Assembly
1982–2004	Barisan Nasional
Other roles
2015–2018	Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)
2021–2022	Chairman of the Special Select Committee on Finance and Economy
Personal details
Born	Hasan bin Arifin (1953-04-28) 28 April 1953 (age 71) Kampung Simpang Sepayang, Kuala Rompin, Pahang, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) Perikatan Nasional (PN) Muafakat Nasional (MN)
Spouse	Rozida Karim
Residence(s)	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Alma mater	University of Malaya Asian Institute of Management
Occupation	Politician

Political career

Deputy Menteri Besar of Pahang

Hasan served as Deputy Menteri Besar of Pahang between 1995 and 1999 during his second-term as Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Pahang for Bukit Ibam.

Chairman of Public Accounts Committee

Hasan was nominated by Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak to helm the post of chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and appointed by Speaker of the House of Representatives Pandikar Amin Mulia on 19 October 2015.^[1] He took over from Nur Jazlan Mohamed who resigned from the PAC after being appointed Deputy Minister of Home Affairs by Najib.^[2]

Controversies

During his PAC Chairman tenure, Hasan was accused of tampering with the investigation into the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal involving then-Prime Minister Najib by Petaling Jaya Utara MP and fellow PAC member Tony Pua.^[3] He was accused to have, among many others, refusing to call additional witnesses before the PAC,^[4] deleting evidence from PAC's 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) report^[5] and ignoring evidence crucial to the investigation.^[6] Following his appointment, requests to reopen the investigation was rejected^[7] and it was later revealed that he had made attempts to shield Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, the man who was central to the 1MDB scandal, by editing out portions involving Low in the PAC report.^[8] Earlier, he had also overturned his predecessor's decision to summon Low to the PAC for questioning.^[9]

According to ex-1MDB chief executive officer (CEO) Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi's court testimony in the High Court, the PAC hearings on the 1MDB fiasco in 2010 and 2015 was nothing short of a farce where Hassan as PAC Chairman together with PAC member Abdul Rahman Dahlan along with fugitive businessman Jho Low had conspired to plot the outcome of the hearings.^[10] Hassan and Abdul Rahman who are both MP from BN, were exposed by Shahrol to be in conflict of interests since they were part of the PAC members who coached him on what to say during the PAC hearings.^[11][12]

Election results

Pahang State Legislative Assembly^{[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]}

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
1986	N33 Tioman		Hasan Arifin (UMNO)	4,641	81.48%		Abd Rauof Abd Majid (PAS)	1,055	18.52%	6,048	3,586	62.87%
1990	N32 Bukit Ibam		Hasan Arifin (UMNO)	9,289	70.40%		Othman Bakar (PAS)	3,906	29.60%	13,629	5,383	79.98%
1995	N36 Bukit Ibam		Hasan Arifin (UMNO)	6,762	73.42%		Ismail Mat Tahar (PAS)	2,448	26.58%	9,475	4,314	80.22%
1999			Hasan Arifin (UMNO)	6,035	63.44%		Ustaz Haji Sukri (PAS)	3,478	36.56%	9,908	2,557	79.85%

Parliament of Malaysia

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2015	P091 Rompin, Pahang		Hasan Arifin (UMNO)	23,796	61.49%		Nazri Ahmad (PAS)	14,901	38.51%	39,352	8,895	73.84%
2018			Hasan Arifin (UMNO)	26,628	53.54%		M Shahrul Nizam Abdul Haliff (PAS)	15,233	30.63%	50,905	11,395	82.21%
							Sitarunisah Ab Kadir (PKR)	7,876	15.84%
2022			Hasan Arifin (UMNO)	30,151	45.05%		Abdul Khalib Abdullah (BERSATU)	31,589	47.20%	66,927	1,438	75.09%
							Erman Shah Jaios (PKR)	4,779	7.14%
							Harmizi Hussain (IND)	408	0.61%

Honours

•   Pahang :
  •   Knight Companion of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (DSAP) – Dato'^[21]
  •   Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) – Dato' Sri (2015)^[22]

See also

• Rompin (federal constituency)

References

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