Willie Mongin Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Yang Berhormat Datuk
Willie Mongin
Birth Name:Willie Anak Mongin
Birth Place:Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Citizenship:Malaysian
Office:Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities II
Term Start:30 August 2021
Term End:24 November 2022
Primeminister:Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Alongside:Wee Jeck Seng
Minister:Zuraida Kamaruddin
Predecessor:Himself
Successor:Siti Aminah Aching
Constituency:Puncak Borneo
Minister1:Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali
Term Start1:10 March 2020
Term End1:16 August 2021
Monarch1:Abdullah
Primeminister1:Muhyiddin Yassin
Alongside1:Wee Jeck Seng
Predecessor1:Shamsul Iskandar Md. Akin
Successor1:Himself
Constituency1:Puncak Borneo
Parliament2:Malaysian
Term Start2:9 May 2018
Majority2:4,005 (2018)
13,338 (2022)
Predecessor2:James Dawos Mamit
(BNPBB)
Party:People's Justice Party (PKR)
(2009–2020)
Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU)
(2020–2022)
Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB)
(since 2022)
Otherparty:Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
(2009–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(2015–2020 & aligned since 2022)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
(2020–2022 & aligned:2022-2022)
Barisan Nasional (BN)

Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS)
(since 2022)
Occupation:Politician
Profession:Software engineer
Technopreneur

Datuk Willie anak Mongin is a Malaysian politician, software engineer and technopreneur who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Puncak Borneo since May 2018. He served as the Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities II for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and the first term in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Khairuddin Razali from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021. He is a member of the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), a component party of the ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition. He was a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the PN coalition and People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalition. He is Bidayuh from Sarawak.

Political career

1998 political movement

In the September 1998, Willie joined a political movement called the Social Justice Movement (Malay: Pergerakan Keadilan Sosial) (ADIL) as Volunteer and Reformist, he joined the movement because he was sympathised with Anwar Ibrahim. Willie only agreed to officially joined PKR in 2009 after being persuaded by few top party leaders.

2011 Sarawak state election

In the 2011 election, Willie under his party of People's Justice Party (PKR) faced Jerip Susil of Barisan Nasional and lost in a large majority.[1]

2013 general election

In the 2013 election, Willie faced James Dawos Mamit at (now as Puncak Borneo) of PBB but losing again the parliamentary seat.

2016 Sarawak state election

In the 2016 election, Willie faced Jerip Susil in winning for the Mambong state seat and lost in a large majority.

2018 general election

In the 2018 election, his party of PKR field him to contest the Puncak Borneo parliamentary seat again,[2] defeating the incumbent candidate Genot Sinel (giving PBB its first defeat in a parliament seat since 1974).

Parliamentary Incident

In 2018, during the debate on the motion to introduce the Sales and Services Tax (SST), Bung Moktar Radin was recounting the price of goods at markets and Willie uttered ‘Is it not casino, Kinabatangan?’ that was referring to recent photographs that went viral online, purportedly showing a person resembling Bung Moktar sitting at a table in a casino.

Bung Moktar then pointed his finger at Willie and accused Willie of being rude, demanding the statement be retracted and subsequently shouting "fuck you".[3]

Election results

Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2013P198 Mambong, Sarawak (PKR)10,74033.66% (PBB)20,46164.13%32,6959,72177.21%
Dripin Sakoi (STAR)7042.21%
2018P198 Puncak Borneo, Sarawak (PKR)18,86554.65%Genot Sinel (PBB)14,86043.05%35,1424,00576.10%
Buln Patrick Ribos (STAR)7952.30%
2022 (PBB)29,45757.58%Diog Dios (PKR) 16,119 31.51%52,04913,33863.97%
Tomson Ango (PSB)5,57810.90%
Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2011N16 Bengoh (PKR)4,44730.72%Jerip Susil (SUPP)8,09355.91%14,8303,64667.55%
Wejok Tomik (IND)1,0076.96%
Richard @ Peter Margaret (SNAP)9286.41%
2016N19 Mambong (PKR)2,64522.74%Jerip Susil (PSB)6,16152.96%11,9043,33368.15%
Sanjan Daik (DAP)2,82824.31%

Honour

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri. Election Commission of Malaysia. 26 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout (including votes for candidates not listed).
  2. Web site: Don't call me Yang Berhormat, says Puncak Borneo winner – Metro News – The Star Online. www.thestar.com.my.
  3. Web site: F*** you, shouts Bung Moktar in Parliament [NSTTV] | New Straits Times. 7 August 2018.
  4. Web site: Mohd Iskandar. Ibrahim. Noor Atiqah. Sulaiman. 1 February 2021. Seramai 335 terima darjah kebesaran sempena Hari Wilayah. 1 February 2021. Berita Harian. ms.
  5. Web site: Hadir. Shawaliah. 1 February 2021. Tengku Zafrul antara 6 penerima Darjah Kebesaran Pangkat Pertama sempena Hari WP. 1 February 2021. MalaysiaGazette. ms.