Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berhormat Tuan |
Lee Chin Chen | |
Native Name Lang: | zh-my |
Honorific-Suffix: | MLA |
Office: | Deputy Speaker of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly |
Term Start: | 29 December 2022 |
1Blankname: | Menteri Besar |
1Namedata: | Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail |
2Blankname: | Speaker |
2Namedata: | Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin |
Predecessor: | Mohamed Jaafar |
Constituency: | Bilut |
Office1: | State Leader of the Opposition of Pahang |
Term Start1: | 2 July 2018 |
Term End1: | 14 October 2022 |
Monarch1: | Ahmad Shah Abdullah |
1Blankname1: | Menteri Besar |
1Namedata1: | Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail |
Predecessor1: | Tengku Zulpuri Shah Raja Puji |
Successor1: | Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man |
Constituency1: | Bilut |
Constituency Am2: | Bilut |
Assembly2: | Pahang State Legislative |
Term Start2: | 9 May 2018 |
Predecessor2: | Chow Yu Hui (PR–DAP) |
Majority2: | 3,739 (2018) 3,111 (2022) |
Constituency Am3: | Ketari |
Assembly3: | Pahang State Legislative |
Term Start3: | 5 May 2013 |
Term End3: | 9 May 2018 |
Predecessor3: | Ng Keong Chye (BN–GERAKAN) |
Successor3: | Young Syefura Othman (PH–DAP) |
Majority3: | 2,140 (2013) |
Birth Name: | Lee Chin Chen |
Birth Place: | Malaysia |
Citizenship: | Malaysian |
Party: | Democratic Action Party (DAP) |
Otherparty: | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) Pakatan Harapan (PH) |
Occupation: | Politician |
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Lee Chin Chen is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Speaker of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly since December 2022 and Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bilut since May 2018. He served as the State Leader of the Opposition of Pahang from July 2018 to October 2022 and the MLA for Ketari from May 2013 to May 2018. He is a member, Member of the Central Executive Committee (CEC) and State Secretary of Pahang of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. He created history as the first Deputy Speaker of non-Malay ethnicity.[1]
In February 2023, a photo of Lee committing a traffic offence went viral on social media. The photo showed Lee's car violating a "No Entry" sign. Lee issued a statement that he was cooperating with the police investigation, and had received a summons which he would pay. The Bentong district police chief issued a statement confirming that a summons had been issued under Section 79(2) of the Road Transport Act (RTD) 1987.[2]
Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||||||
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2013 | N34 Ketari | Lee Chin Chen (DAP) | 10,050 | 55.96% | Woong Choo Yak (MCA) | 7,910 | 44.04% | 17,960 | 2,140 | |||||
2018 | N33 Bilut | Lee Chin Chen (DAP) | 8,798 | 55.68% | Poo Mun Hoong (MCA) | 5,059 | 32.02% | 15,801 | 3,739 | |||||
Mohd Zamri Nong (PAS) | 1,944 | 12.30% | ||||||||||||
2022 | Lee Chin Chen (DAP) | 8,895 | 47.56% | Wong Siew Mun (MCA) | 5,784 | 30.93% | 18,702 | 3,111 | 77.94% | |||||
bgcolor= | Chandra Baladedha (GERAKAN) | 3,363 | 17.98% | |||||||||||
bgcolor= | Mohd Shokri Mahmood (PEJUANG) | align=right | 433 | align=right | 2.32% |