Muis Picho

Haji Abdul Muis Picho (born 20 July 1957) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Sebatik from 2008 to 2020. He is an official member of Sabah People's Idea Party (GAGASAN RAKYAT), a component party of GRS.

Yang Berbahagia Datuk Haji Abdul Muis Picho PGDK
حاج عبدالمعز ڤيچو‎
Ministerial roles (Sabah)
2018–2020	Assistant Minister of Infrastructure Development
Party roles in Sabah
Since 2023	Committee members of Sebatik branch of Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah & Supporters club leader committee of GRS Kunak and Sabah East Coast
Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly
2008–2018	Barisan Nasional
2018–2020	Sabah Heritage Party
Personal details
Born	(1957-07-20) 20 July 1957 (age 67) Kampung Bombalai, Tawau, North Borneo (now Sabah)
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	UMNO (-2018) WARISAN (2018-2020) PPBM (2020-2022) GAGASAN (Official member since 2023)
Other political affiliations	BN (-2018) PN (2020-) MN (2020-2022) GRS (Official direct member since 2023)
Spouse	Hajjah Hanawiah binti Paressa
Children	12
Alma mater	Federal Institute of Technology
Occupation	Politician

Born in Kampung Bombalai, Tawau in 1957, Muis was educated at SRK Bombalai, SMK Abaka and SMK Holy Trinity.^[1] He then studied automotive engineering at Federal Institute of Technology.^[1] Following the graduation, he served as the CEO of Manuk Mas Livestock Farm from 1984 to 1993.^[1]

Being a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) since 1990s, he served various positions within the party.^[1] He was firstly elected the MLA for Sebatik in 2008 election^[1] and was re-elected in 2013 and in 2018. Shortly after his third re-election in 2018, he quit the UMNO and joined the Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN) in order to let Shafie Apdal to be the new Chief Minister.^[2][3]

On 29 July 2020, it was reported that Muis was one of several WARISAN-PH-UPKO MLAs who backed Musa Aman as the new Chief Minister.^[4][5] Though Musa announced that he had already gained enough supports (33 out of 65) to form a new government, Shafie asked the Yang di-Pertua Negeri to rather dissolve the State Legislative Assembly and call a fresh election.^[6] Muis then joined the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (PPBM)^[7] and sought for a re-election, but lost to the WARISAN candidate Hassan A. Gani Pg. Amir.^[8] Later, he joined GAGASAN RAKYAT in 2023 under Hajiji leadership and under Sebatik Division of GAGASAN RAKYAT.

He married Hajjah Hanawiah binti Paressa and has 12 children.^[1]

Election results

Sabah State Legislative Assembly^{[9][10][11][12]}

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2008	N60 Sebatik		Abdul Muis Picho (UMNO)	4,711	78.74%		Arsad Jamal (PKR)	880	14.71%	6,093	3,831	66.00%
							Raden Kakung (IND)	392	6.55%
2013			Abdul Muis Picho (UMNO)	5,484	75.10%		Daud Jalaluddin (PAS)	1,344	18.41%	7,595	4,140	75.50%
							Mohamad Yusup Lewah (IND)	249	3.41%
							Mohammad Jeffry Rosman (STAR)	225	3.08%
2018			Abdul Muis Picho (UMNO)	2,468	46.70%		Hassan A. Gani Pg. Amir (WARISAN)	2,275	43.04%	5,394	193	70.80%
							Roslan Ramli (PAS)	504	9.54%
							Yusri Yunus (PPRS)	38	0.72%
2020	N73 Sebatik		Abdul Muis Picho (BERSATU)	2,143	35.85%		Hassan A. Gani Pg. Amir (WARISAN)	2,665	44.58%	5,978	522	59.01%
							Abdul Samat Akui (PCS)	504	8.43%
							Hassan Ibrahim (USNO)	253	4.23%
							Mohd Balbir Arjan (IND)	183	3.06%
							Baharuddin Basrie (PPRS)	140	2.34%
							Juhuran Kalmin (IND)	90	1.51%

Honours

•  Sabah :
  • Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2013)^[13]

References

1. "Muis Picho, bekerja untuk kepentingan rakyat". 28 February 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
2. "Enam Adun BN sertai Warisan bentuk kerajaan negeri". 11 May 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
3. "'Kami masuk WARISAN tanpa syarat'". 11 May 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
4. "Musa Aman umum cukup majoriti bentuk kerajaan negeri baharu". 29 July 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
5. "New Sabah government? Musa Aman claims to have simple majority". 29 July 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
6. "DUN Sabah bubar hari ini". 30 July 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
7. "Lompat parti - perjudian yang membawa penyesalan". 11 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
8. "KEPUTUSAN TERKINI DUN N.73". Retrieved 30 September 2020.
9. "Sabah [Parliament Results]". The Star. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
10. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) – Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my.
11. "N60 Sebatik". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
12. "N.73 SEBATIK". SPR Dashboard. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
13. "Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Sabah Tahun 2013" (PDF). www.sabah.gov.my.