Edmund Chong Ket Wah Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Yang Berbahagia Datuk Ir.
Edmund Chong Ket Wah
Honorific-Suffix:PGDK
Native Name Lang:zh-my
Birth Name:Chong Ket Wah @ Chong Ket Fah
Birth Date:9 April 1956
Death Place:Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Constituency Mp:Batu Sapi, Sabah
Parliament:Malaysian
Term Start:2004
Term End:2010
Predecessor:New constituency
Successor:Linda Tsen Thau Lin
Citizenship:Malaysian
Party:United Sabah Party
Otherparty:Barisan Nasional
Occupation:Politician
Spouse:Linda Tsen Thau Lin
Children:1 son and 3 daughters

Datuk Ir. Edmund Chong Ket Wah (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chióng Koet-fà) (9 April 1956 – 9 October 2010), born in Sandakan, Sabah was a Malaysian politician. He was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Batu Sapi constituency in Sabah, representing the United Sabah Party (PBS) in the governing Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition until his sudden death.[1] He also held the post of treasurer-general and the Elopura division chief in PBS.

Chong was first elected to Parliament by winning the seat of Batu Sapi, a new seat that was created following a re-delineation exercise and was first contested in 2004 election unopposed after his opponent withdrew.[2] Before entering federal parliament, he served on the municipal council of Sandakan.[3] In the 2008 election, he retained his seat by defeating independent candidate Chung Kwong Wing with an overwhelming 3708 majority by polling 9479 votes.

He was a qualified Mechanical Engineer and a Consultant Engineer by profession.[4] He was also the Sabah Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board chairman.[5] He died at the age of 54 in a road accident when his 750cc motorcycle collided with a car along the Sembulan-Tanjung Aru road in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah on 9 October 2010.[6] [7]

Chong sudden demise had triggered the 2010 Batu Sapi by-election on 4 November 2010, the 13th by election after the 2008 Malaysian general election. His widow Datin Linda Tsen Thau Lin was chosen as BN candidate and successfully defended the seat he had held when he was alive.

Election results

Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2004P185 Batu Sapi, Sabah (PBS)
2008 (PBS)9,47962.16%Chung Kwong Wing (IND)5,77137.84%16,3983,70863.06%

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Edmund Chong Ket Wah @ Chong Ket Fah, Y.B. Datuk Ir.. Parliament of Malaysia. Malay. 2 April 2010.
  2. News: Who those early birds were . 20 March 2004 . Daily Express (Malaysia) . 2 April 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110621232854/http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=25590 . 21 June 2011 . dmy .
  3. News: Untimely Death Halts Chong's Rise in Politics. 9 October 2010. Bernama. 9 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110622082337/http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=534015. 22 June 2011. dead.
  4. Web site: Profile: Hon. Mr Edmund Chong Ket Wah MP . . 2 April 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100420230104/http://www.pbs-sabah.org/pbs3/html/profiles/kwchong.html . 20 April 2010 . dmy .
  5. Web site: Biodata Pengerusi LPKP Sabah . Lembaga Pelesenan Kenderaan Perdagangan Negeri Sabah . 10 October 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100908142145/http://www.lpkp.gov.my/sabah_bio_pengerusi . 8 September 2010 . dmy.
  6. News: Muguntan . Vanar . Batu Sapi MP Edmund Chong dies in road accident . 9 October 2010 . The Star . 9 October 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101011035452/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2010%2F10%2F9%2Fnation%2F20101009122334&sec=nation . 11 October 2010 . dmy .
  7. News: Batu Sapi MP dies in road accident . 9 October 2010 . The Malaysian Insider . 9 October 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101010195028/http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/batu-sapi-mp-dies-in-car-crash . 10 October 2010 . dmy .
  8. News: ACA chief among six to get top Sabah award. 27 Oct 2007. The Star Online. 11 May 2019.