Wee Choo Keong

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Wee Choo Keong (Template:Zh; born 26 June 1953) is a Malaysian politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Bukit Bintang from 1990 to 1995 and Wangsa Maju from 2008 to 2013. Wee had been a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) before being expelled in 1998. He then formed the Malaysian Democratic Party (MDP) the same year. In 2008, he left the party to join the People's Justice Party (PKR) before becoming an Independent in 2010.[1] Wee was appointed Tourism Malaysia chairperson by the then ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) government on 17 June 2015.[2][3]

Political career

Democratic Action Party

Wee started his political career as a member of the DAP contesting in the 1986 general election and was elected as a member of parliament for the Bukit Bintang constituency (earlier was Kuala Lumpur Bandar before being renamed) in the 1990 general election.[4]

In 1993, an injunction was issued against Wee and two other defendants from "printing, circulating or publishing any allegation of impropriety about the companies" after a case was brought by MBf alleging the defendants "unlawfully conspired with each other with the predominant purpose of injuring the companies by unlawful means."[5] MBf later applied to have the defendants (including Wee) held in contempt of court for failing to obey the injunction.[5] The application succeeded against Wee and another of his co-defendants, and Wee was eventually ordered to pay a RM7,000 fine on appeal.[5] The injunction against Wee brought by MBf was set aside in 2007 with the Court of Appeal ruling, "The injunction was too wide in its terms and almost oppressive."[5] He later sought damages against MBf and AmBank (who had acquired MBf) for loss of income due to his inability to be an MP and the damage to his professional standing as a lawyer.[6]

Initially, the Returning Officer had declared Wee Choo Keong as the elected representative for Bukit Bintang on the night of 25 April 1995. However, Lee Chong Meng filed his petition to nullify the election because Wee had been convicted of the offence of contempt of Court and fined RM7,000, and hence disqualified to be a Member of Parliament under the provisions of Article 48(l)(e) of the Federal Constitution. The election was declared null and void. The Federal Court made a controversial decision to declare Lee Chong Meng the rightful winner. The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal. No by-election was held by the Election Commission of Malaysia.[7]

Malaysian Democratic Party (MDP)

Wee was removed from the Bukit Bintang seat in 1995 after a controversial court case, which nullified his re-election that year due to the fine he had received.[4] He was ejected from the DAP in 1998 after being accused of damaging the party's image and went on to form the Malaysian Democratic Party (MDP).[4] He later attempted to join Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) but was rejected by the party, which stated at the time that they did not want renegades from DAP.[4] Due to the ruling against him in the 1995 court case, he was unable to contest the 1999 election.[6] He contested the 2004 elections but did not even receive enough votes to keep his deposit.[8] Wee Choo Keong was later referred to by V.K. Lingam in the Lingam tape.[9] After the videotape was made public in 2007, Wee stated he intended to file for judicial review of the 1995 decision.[9] Later, he also lodged a report with Suhakam over the tape, arguing it demonstrated his human rights had been infringed.[10][11][12]

People's Justice Party (PKR)

Before the 2008 general election, although still a member of the MDP, he was invited to join the PKR under the de facto leadership of Anwar Ibrahim and contest the Wangsa Maju constituency,[4] which he later won with a slim majority of 150.[13]

Independent

In May 2010, Wee left PKR to sit in Parliament as an independent, citing disappointment with the PKR-led state government in Selangor's handling of the Dengkil sand mining scandal and the influence of what he called "little Napoleons and trendy leftists" in the party.[1][14][1][4] He did not recontest his seat in the 2013 general election.

Joining Warisan

Wee was reported that he will also make a return appearance with Warisan in GE15 contesting for Wangsa Maju under the Warisan Banner.[15]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia[16][17][18]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
1986 P093 Klang rowspan="3" Template:Party shading/Democratic Action Party | Wee Choo Keong (DAP) 24,299 46.63% Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Ng Cheng Kiat (MCA) 24,966 47.92% 53,026 667 70.74%
Template:Party shading/PAS | Azmi Ali @ Nik (PAS) 2,317 4.45%
bgcolor=Template:Party color | Gabriel Lee (SDP) 519 1.00%
1990 P108 Bukit Bintang Template:Party shading/Democratic Action Party | Wee Choo Keong (DAP) 31,829 78.86% Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Tan Kah Choun (MCA) 8,534 21.14% 40,558 23,295 61.40%
1995 rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Democratic Action Party | Wee Choo Keong (DAP) 20,403 57.66% Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Lee Chong Meng (MCA) 14,857 41.99% 36.666 5,546 61.75%
Template:Party shading/Independent | Teng Chang Khim (IND) 123 0.35%
2004 rowspan="3" bgcolor=Template:Party color | Wee Choo Keong (MDP) 1,107 2.81% Template:Party shading/Democratic Action Party | Fong Kui Lun (DAP) 19,103 48.44% 39,938 304 61.34%
Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Tan Chew Mooi (MCA) 18,799 47.67%
Template:Party shading/Independent | Billi Lim Peng Soon (IND) 132 0.33%
2008 P116 Template:Pseat Template:Party shading/Keadilan | Wee Choo Keong (PKR) 19,637 67.07% Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Yew Teong Look (MCA) 19,487 31.35% 39,798 150 73.01%
2022 rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Sabah Heritage Party | Wee Choo Keong (WARISAN) 576 0.62% Template:Party shading/PH | Zahir Hassan (PKR) 46,031 49.63% 93,493 20,696 77.08%
bgcolor=Template:Party color | Nuridah Mohd Salleh (BERSATU) 25,335 27.32%
Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Mohd Shafei Abdullah (UMNO) 19,595 21.13%
bgcolor=Template:Party color | Norzaila Arifin (PEJUANG) 987 1.06%
Template:Party shading/Independent | Raveentheran Suntheralingam (IND) 216 0.23%

Honours

References

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  1. ↑ a b c Wangsa Maju MP Wee Choo Keong quits PKR but remains as MP The Star. 14 May 2010
  2. ↑ Gov't coughed up RM400k for Yen Yen's yen for trips Malaysiakini. Published 22 Dec 2015 7:52 am Updated 22 Dec 2015 7:56 am
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  4. ↑ a b c d e f "Choo Keong: Flying Dutchman no more" by Terence Netto, Malaysiakini, 25 February 2008
  5. ↑ a b c d The Star "Ex-Bukit Bintang MP wins appeal" 13 April 2007
  6. ↑ a b Former MP sues MBf, AmBank for RM39m New Straits Times, 4 October 2007
  7. ↑ Wee Choo Keong v Lee Chong Meng & Anor 1996 [CA]
  8. ↑ Election Commission records
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  14. ↑ Press Release on the Sand Mining Scandal In Dengkil, Selangor Official blog. 14 May 2010
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