Young Syefura Othman

Young Syefura Othman (born 9 November 1989), nicknamed Rara, is a Malaysian politician and nurse who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bentong since November 2022. She served as Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Ketari from May 2018 to November 2022. She is a member of the Democratic Action Party, a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. She has served as the Assistant National Publicity Secretary of DAP since March 2025, Vice Women Chief of DAP since September 2023 and State Vice Chairperson of DAP of Pahang since September 2024. She also served as Deputy Youth Chief of DAP from March 2022 to November 2024. Additionally, she is the first Bentong MP of the Malay ethnicity, the first female Malay MP of DAP in Malaysian history and presently the youngest MP of DAP at the age of .

Personal life Young Syefura is a sixth of seven children. She idolises the Minister of Youth and Sports Hannah Yeoh in politics.

Miscarriage of pregnancy On 10 November 2022 during her 33rd birthday, Young Syefura was confirmed to have suffered a miscarriage after eight weeks of pregnancy and was resting at home. She also revealed that she had initially wanted to announce her pregnancy after the 2022 general election with a photograph of her home pregnancy test. She also shared that her pregnancy had appeared to stall after six weeks. She then thanked those who have extended their messages of support to her. Upon hearing the news, her opponent, fellow candidate for the Bentong federal seat in the election and former Bentong MP Liow Tiong Lai from the opposing Barisan Nasional (BN) and the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) expressed his sadness and sent his best and sincerest wishes and care for Young Syefura to recuperate well. In response, Young Syefura thanked Liow and apologised for her absence in the PH and DAP operations room and being unable to meet him during the campaign trail and his visit to there as she was at home. The reported reason for her miscarriage was overwork. Despite being at home, her campaign carried on without her presence.

Election results + Pahang State Legislative AssemblyYearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout2018 N34 Ketari (DAP) 9,873 51.17% Lau Hoi Keong (MCA) 6,163 31.94% 19,296 3,710 83.80% Roslan Md Esa (PAS) 3,26016.89%

+ Parliament of MalaysiaYearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout2022 P089 Bentong (DAP) 25,075 37.62%Liow Tiong Lai (MCA)24,38336.58%66,65769276.57% Roslan Hassan (BERSATU) 16,23324.35%Wong Tack (IND) 7981.20% Mohd Khalil Abdul Hamid (IND) 1680.25%

Honours Honours of Malaysia