Mohamad Ariff Sabri bin Abdul Aziz (Jawi: محمد عارف صبري بن عبد العزيز), commonly known by his blogger name of Sakmongkol AK47, is a Malaysian politician and prominent blogger.
Career He is a member of Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component of Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He was the Member of Parliament of Raub in Pahang for one term from 2013 to 2018.
Ariff Sabri was a member of United Malay National Organization (UMNO) until 2012 and served as the Pekan UMNO chief of information under Dato' Seri Najib Razak from 2000 to 2004 formerly. He was also the former Pahang assemblyman for Pulau Manis from 2004 to 2008 then.
In early 2012, he and another prominent blogger, Aspan Alias left UMNO and joined the DAP, citing UMNO's failure to eradicate corruption and increase the livelihood of Malays in general. He won the Pahang parliamentary seat of Raub under the DAP ticket in the 2013 general election.
He suffered a stroke in 2018 and did not seek a second term reelection for his Raub parliamentary seat in the 2018 general election.
Personal life Ariff Sabri graduated with a degree on economics from the University of Malaya and University of Manchester (Owens).
Election results + Pahang State Legislative Assembly Percentage figures based on total turnout. Results only available from the 2004 election.YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout2004N20 Pulau Manis (UMNO)7,153 66.27%Mohd Fadzil Malek (PAS)2,66224.66%10,7944,49180.98%
+ Parliament of MalaysiaYearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout2013P080 Raub (DAP)23,41551.96%Hoh Khai Mun (MCA)20,60145.72%45,0602,81483.10%
Honours
Knight Companion of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (DIMP) – Dato' (2008)
References
External links Sakmongkol AK47