He spent 33 years working at the Customs Department as a senior preventive officer.

This happened after he and Inche H. M. Hassan donated a refrigerator to the Singapore branch of the British Red Cross under their names instead of the Malay Union's.

[6] After he left, he joined the Singapore branch of the United Malays National Organisation (UNMO).

[9] During the 1959 Singaporean general election, he contested in Siglap Single Member Constituency against 7 other candidates.

[10] He had originally wanted to contest in Southern Islands Constituency again, but lost his nomination to Inche Ahmad Jabri by four votes.