Ariff Alfian Rosli, the reigning queer of Malaysian infamy in the UK (& British Isles)

Bow over Fatine - Pondan Malaysia Glamer di UK, here comes the bigger kick ass problem ever created by a Malaysian in the UK and British Isles and by any standard at the moment.


At a time when it would be better without something that could put us Malaysians living abroad in embarrassment, this Malaysian gay student is creating ripples and making waves that could re-ignite intellectual wars between conservatives and the liberals again.

The father of this Malaysian, Rosli Harun (56) is at loose ends with the problems created by his son, Ariff Alfian Rosli. Ariff, a medical student supposedly studying under a Petronas scholarship in University College Dublin (UCD) in Dublin, Ireland has 'disappeared' in the British Isles. He has refused to meet his family members or the Malaysian embassy officials since 2009.


Ariff did his preclinical studies in 2003 - 2005 and later clinical (2005 - 2008). He is supposed to graduate in 2008 but has yet to finish his studies. He needs another 38,000 Euros (RM160,000) for another academic year to complete, but unfortunately Petronas has refused to extend his stay here. Petronas, on the other hand claimed RM890,000 from his father as the first guarantor as Ariff had violated the loan agreement with the former.

In early 2009 Ariff came back home and made an attempt to complete his studies locally and it was at this junction his relationship with his father declined. In June that year he left the country for Ireland again and was not heard of ever since. 


Since 2009 Rosli Harun and his wife Kamariah Hashim, 55 went eight times to Dublin and Universiti College Dublin (UCD) in search for their son, but couldn't locate him. 


On 13 December  Utusan Malaysia reported on the missing of Ariff and related the father's worry of his son's safety and aqidah (religiosity). The news report: Pelajar Perubatan Hilang di Dublin.


On 14 December, Malaysian Envoy to the Ireland, Datuk Ramli Naam revealed that the Malaysian Embassy and Wisma Putra cannot disclose the whereabouts of Ariff Alfian in Ireland due to the Dublin Personal Data Protection Act. The Immigration Dept of the Republic of Ireland also refused to reveal facts on the boy due to the said act. The immigration status of Ariff Alfian in Dublin is said to be valid and all his documents including visa is also valid. 


The latest news on Ariff as virally reported on several blogs the past few days is that he is now married with the name Jim Alfian in a glorious ceremony with a youth named Jonathan in Ireland.

I do not know whether to congratulate, commiserate or sympathize to the family on this boy's marriage to another man. But one thing for certain is that Jim Alfian has reign over the glamour of Fatine for being the Malaysian boy of infamy in the UK and the British Isles.


The pictures tell the story.