[3][4] Norhizam an ex-lorry driver, was a United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) of Pantai Peringgit branch before he quit in 2006 to join DAP as he felt that the UMNO is not a trustworthy and transparent party anymore and in following the footstep of his father; who contested twice in the 1980s elections as DAP candidate but had failed to win the seat known as Peringgit then[5] which Norhizam himself redeemed and represented later after he was elected to Malacca State Legislative Assembly as a MLA for Pengkalan Batu constituency picked by DAP to contest in the 2018 Malacca state election and appointed as EXCO member after PH came into power as administration under Melaka PH Chairman Adly Zahari as Chief Minister in May 2018.
when he was engaging his constituents and villagers of Kampung Pulai Nibong who had brought up the issue about a road being closed was widely circulated online and caught social media attention.
[6] Norhizam as the Agriculture, Agro-Based, Entrepreneur Development and Cooperative Committee EXCO had in September 2019 made an unproven assumption that the state was being invaded with Indonesian wild boars swam across the narrow Strait of Malacca from Sumatera which was refuted by Malaysian Nature Society (MNS).
[19][20] His in-doubt claims had caused infuriation from the neighbouring country[21] and his obsession with the endangered animal even led him to set-up a task force to eradicate them which had earned him the 'Pig Shooting Champ' title in jest.
[22][23] He called Low Chee Leong, MLA for Kota Laksamana "babi" (pig), "bodoh" (stupid) and "bangang" (idiot) in the state assembly sitting in May 2020.