Wee Choo Keong
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Wee Choo Keong 黄朱强 |
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Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Wangsa Maju |
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In office 8 March 2008 – 5 May 2013 |
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Preceded by | Yew Teong Look (MCA) |
Succeeded by | Tan Kee Kwong (PKR) |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bukit Bintang |
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In office 1990–1995 |
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Preceded by | Lee Lam Thye (DAP) |
Succeeded by | Lee Chong Meng (MCA) |
Personal details | |
Born | Kelantan, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
26 June 1953
Nationality | Malaysian |
Political party | DAP (1990-1998) MDC (1999-2008) PKR (2008–2010) Independent (2010–) |
Occupation | Politician, lawyer |
Religion | Buddhist |
Website | weechookeong |
Wee Choo Keong (simplified Chinese: 黄朱强; traditional Chinese: 黃朱強; pinyin: Huáng Zhūqiáng; born 26 June 1953) is a Malaysian politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Bukit Bintang from 1990 to 1995 and for Wangsa Maju from 2008 to 2013. Wee has been a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), the Malaysian Democratic Party (MDC), which he formed, and the People's Justice Party (PKR), and an independent.[1]
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Political career
Democratic Action Party
Wee started his political career as a member of the DAP and in 1990 was elected as member of parliament for the Kuala Lumpur Bandar constituency (later renamed Bukit Bintang).[2]
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".[3] MBf later applied to have the defendants (including Wee) held in contempt of court for failing to obey the injunction.[3] The application succeeded against Wee and another of his co-defendants and Wee was eventually ordered to pay a RM7,000 fine on appeal.[3] 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".[3] He later sought damages against MBf and AmBank (who had acquired MBf) for loss of income due his inability to be an MP and the damage to his professional standing as a lawyer.[4]
Wee was removed from the Kuala Lumpur Bandar seat in 1995 after a controversial court case which nullified his re-election that year due to the fine he had received.[2] 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).[2] He later attempted to join Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) but was rejected by the party who stated at the time they did not want renegades from DAP.[2] Due to the ruling against him in the 1995 court case, he was unable to contest the 1999 election.[4] He contested the 2004 elections but did not even receive enough votes to keep his deposit.[5]
Wee Choo Keong was later referred to by V.K. Lingam in the Lingam tape.[6] After the video tape was made public in 2007, Wee stated he intended to file for judicial review of the 1995 decision.[6] Later, he also lodged a report with Suhakam over the tape arguing it demonstrated his human rights had been infringed.[7][8][9]
People's Justice Party (PKR)
Before the 2008 election, although still a member of the MDP, he was invited to join the PKR now under the de facto leadership of Anwar Ibrahim and contest the Wangsa Maju constituency[2] which he later won with a slim majority of 150.[10]
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 what he called "little Napoleons and trendy leftists" taking control of the party.[1][11] He did not recontest his seat in the 2013 election.
Wee elected by the government as Tourism Malaysia chairperson on 17 June 2015.[12]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wangsa Maju MP Wee Choo Keong quits PKR but remains as MP The Star. 14 May 2010
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Choo Keong: Flying Dutchman no more" by Terence Netto, [[Malaysiakini, 25 February 2008]
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 The Star "Ex-Bukit Bintang MP wins appeal" 13 April 2007
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Former MP sues MBf, AmBank for RM39m New Straits Times, 4 October 2007
- ↑ Election Commission records
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/73050
- ↑ http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/10/20/nation/19226203&sec=nation
- ↑ http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/73743
- ↑ http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/letters_others/media_statement_by_wee_choo_keong.html
- ↑ http://thestar.com.my/election/results/09/09p.html
- ↑ Press Release on the Sand Mining Scandal In Dengkil, Selangor Official blog. 14 May 2010
- ↑ 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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