Nik Muhammad Zawawi bin Salleh
Candidate · P28 Pasir Puteh (2022)
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Due-diligence summary
AI-prepared from 11 records · 22 Oct 2026Current
Overall due diligence
Insufficient evidence
Enhanced due diligence required
The records establish senior elected office (MP since 2018, PAS ulama wing chief 2019–2021) but contain no asset, corporate, procurement or court-registry material, so enhanced due diligence is needed before any assessment of integrity or financial exposure.
Electoral resilience
Medium
Won Pasir Puteh in 2018 by 1,360 votes and in 2022 by 29,264; earlier state contests at Kuala Besut were won in 1999 (majority 487) but lost in 2004 and 2008.
Political continuity
Stable
Recorded as PAS throughout, contesting under the Barisan Alternatif, Pakatan Rakyat, Gagasan Sejahtera and Perikatan Nasional labels in turn; no party switch is documented.
Integrity signal
Clear
The records contain no allegation, charge, acquittal or disposal of any kind; this reflects only the material supplied and no broader record check is documented.
Financial / corporate
Open
No company-registry (SSM), GLC, foundation, asset-declaration or credit checks appear in the records.
Key record
- 1967Birth date recorded as 1967-03-17 in a single-source report.N1
- 1999Won the Terengganu state seat of N1 Kuala Besut with 4,426 votes, a majority of 487, under PAS/Barisan Alternatif.E5
- 2004Lost N1 Kuala Besut with 4,307 votes under PAS/Barisan Alternatif.E4
- 2008Lost N1 Kuala Besut with 4,492 votes under PAS/Pakatan Rakyat.E3
- 2018Won P28 Pasir Puteh under PAS/Gagasan Sejahtera with 32,307 votes, a majority of 1,360.E2
- 2019-2021Reported to have held the post of Chief of the PAS ulama wing.N3
- 2022Re-elected for P28 Pasir Puteh under PAS/Perikatan Nasional with 53,108 votes, a majority of 29,264.E1
- 2026Reported to have proposed more helicopter landing areas in the interior for health-service access; the Transport Minister replied that CAAM-approved sites account for aviation safety and that a combined agency-private national helicopter concept would be difficult to implement at present.N6
Risk profile
How much due-diligence attention each area needs — not a finding of wrongdoing.
- PEP exposureHigh
Sitting MP since 2018 and reported head of the PAS ulama wing 2019–2021, placing him in a senior domestic politically exposed category by office.
- Political influence & networksMedium
Documented party office in the PAS ulama wing and a recorded parliamentary exchange with the Transport Minister, but no wider network data.
- Public procurement interfaceOpen
No record of constituency project awards, tenders or procurement dealings is supplied.
- Corporate / GLC exposureOpen
No directorship, GLC appointment, shareholding or foundation role appears in the records.
- Litigation historyOpen
No civil, criminal or election-petition matter is recorded; no court-registry search is documented.
- Regulatory / criminal findingsOpen
No MACC, police, regulatory or disciplinary finding appears in the records.
- Financial transparencyOpen
No asset declaration, income or funding disclosure is covered by the records.
- Media & reputationLow
The only recorded media item is a neutral policy report on rural helicopter landing areas; no adverse coverage is documented, which is not evidence of absence.
Key roles & positions
- Member of the Dewan Rakyat for Pasir Puteh (PAS), from 2018.N4
- Member of the Dewan Rakyat for Pasir Puteh (Perikatan Nasional), from 2022.N5
- Chief of the PAS ulama wing, 2019–2021, per a single-source report.N3
- Member of the Terengganu state assembly for N1 Kuala Besut following the 1999 election, until the 2004 contest.E5E4
- Member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS).N2
Key findings
- Electoral record spans five contests: wins at Kuala Besut in 1999 and Pasir Puteh in 2018 and 2022, losses at Kuala Besut in 2004 and 2008.E5E4E3E2E1
- Has held parliamentary office continuously since 2018 and was reported to head the PAS ulama wing in 2019–2021.N4N5N3
- Recent public activity in the records is a parliamentary proposal on interior helicopter landing areas and the Transport Minister's reply.N6
- No corporate, procurement, litigation or regulatory material is contained in the records.E1
Red flags / areas of concern
Mitigating factors
Recommended next steps
- 1Run an SSM company search on Nik Muhammad Zawawi bin Salleh for current and past directorships, shareholdings and struck-off or dormant companies.
- 2Search the Malaysian court registry / e-Judicial system for civil, criminal and election-petition matters naming him.
- 3Check the Dewan Rakyat Hansard and written-reply records for his questions, constituency project requests and any procurement-related statements.
- 4Check MACC press releases and the Auditor-General's reports for any mention of Pasir Puteh constituency projects or agencies he has dealt with.
- 5Check the Election Commission's official result statements and any published asset declarations for Pasir Puteh, 2018 and 2022.
- 6Check MyProcurement / ePerolehan and constituency development allocation records for projects in Pasir Puteh during his tenure.
Assessment
The public record supplied is limited to official election results, single-source role references and one parliamentary policy exchange, so only his electoral and office-holding profile can be described. He has held Pasir Puteh since 2018 with a markedly increased majority in 2022, after an earlier state-seat career at Kuala Besut (won 1999, lost 2004 and 2008), and was reported to head the PAS ulama wing in 2019–2021. Nothing in the records raises an integrity matter, but equally nothing documents corporate, procurement, litigation or financial information, so the assessment is insufficient pending registry and court checks.
Public-record review · allegations ≠ findings · a charge is not a conviction · every point links to its source record (E official results, R reviewed records, N collected reports). Prepared by AI from the records on this page; not an analyst finding, and it can be wrong.
Promises & delivery
Specific pledges this politician made, and what credible reporting since says happened. The status is assessed by AI from the linked reports — each quoted passage is checked against its source. “Unclear” means no credible report of the outcome was found yet, not that the promise was broken.
No specific promises found in credible reporting yet.
Biography
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- RecordWikidata· 1967Single source
According to Wikidata, Nik Muhammad Zawawi bin Salleh was born on 1967-03-17.
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“date of birth: 1967-03-17”
- RecordWikidata· from 2018✓ Verified · official result
According to Wikidata, Nik Muhammad Zawawi bin Salleh held the position of member of the Dewan Rakyat for Pasir Puteh (Malaysian Islamic Party), from 2018.
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“position held: member of the Dewan Rakyat; electoral district: Pasir Puteh; parliamentary group: Malaysian Islamic Party; start: 2018-01-01”
- RecordWikidata· 2019–2021Single source
According to Wikidata, Nik Muhammad Zawawi bin Salleh held the position of Chief of Malaysian Islamic Party ulama wing, 2019–2021.
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“position held: Chief of Malaysian Islamic Party ulama wing; start: 2019-01-01; end: 2021-01-01”
- RecordWikidata· from 2022Single source
According to Wikidata, Nik Muhammad Zawawi bin Salleh held the position of member of the Dewan Rakyat for Pasir Puteh (Perikatan Nasional), from 2022.
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“position held: member of the Dewan Rakyat; electoral district: Pasir Puteh; parliamentary group: Perikatan Nasional; start: 2022-11-19”
- RecordWikidataSingle source
According to Wikidata, Nik Muhammad Zawawi bin Salleh was a member of Malaysian Islamic Party.
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“member of political party: Malaysian Islamic Party”