Lee Chin Chen Explained

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
(PRDAP)
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
(BNGERAKAN)
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
Module:
Child:yes
Hide:yes
T:李政賢
S:李政贤
P:Lǐ Zhèngxián

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]

Controversies and issues

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]

Election results

Candidate!Votes!Pct! colspan="2"
Opponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2013N34 KetariLee Chin Chen (DAP)10,05055.96%Woong Choo Yak (MCA)7,91044.04%17,9602,140
2018N33 BilutLee Chin Chen (DAP)8,79855.68%Poo Mun Hoong (MCA)5,05932.02%15,8013,739
Mohd Zamri Nong (PAS)1,94412.30%
2022Lee Chin Chen (DAP)8,89547.56%Wong Siew Mun (MCA)5,78430.93%18,7023,11177.94%
bgcolor= Chandra Baladedha (GERAKAN) 3,36317.98%
bgcolor= Mohd Shokri Mahmood (PEJUANG)align=right 433align=right 2.32%

Notes and References

  1. News: Pahang appoints non-Malay deputy speaker for the first time . 8 February 2023 . Malaysiakini . 29 December 2022.
  2. News: Pahang deputy speaker fined after traffic offence went viral . 8 February 2023 . Malaysiakini . 7 February 2023.