Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia Datuk Dr. |
Wong Fort Pin | |
Native Name Lang: | zh |
Birth Name: | Wong Fort Pin |
Birth Date: | 15 June 1955 |
Birth Place: | Malacca, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
Office: | Deputy Speaker of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly |
1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata: | Adly Zahari Sulaiman Md Ali |
2Blankname: | Speaker |
2Namedata: | Omar Jaafar |
Term Start: | 19 July 2018 |
Term End: | 11 May 2020 |
Predecessor: | Ab Wahab Ab Latip |
Successor: | Ghazale Muhamad |
Assembly1: | Malacca State Legislative |
Term Start1: | 9 May 2018 |
Term End1: | 20 November 2021 |
Predecessor1: | Ng Choon Koon (BN–MCA) |
Successor1: | Mohd Yadzil Yaakub (PN–BERSATU) |
Majority1: | 1,345 (2018) |
Nationality: | Malaysia |
Citizenship: | Malaysian |
Party: | Democratic Action Party (DAP) |
Otherparty: | Pakatan Harapan (PH) |
Occupation: | Politician |
Profession: | Medical doctor |
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Wong Fort Pin (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Vòng Fò-phìn; born 15 June 1955) is a Malaysian politician and medical doctor who served as Deputy Speaker of the Melaka State Legislative Assembly from July 2018 to May 2020 and Member of the Melaka Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bemban from May 2018 to November 2021. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.[1]
Wong grew up in Nyalas and Bukit Baru, Malacca. He studied in Ping Ming Primary Chinese School, St. David's High School, High School Malacca, and Kaohsiung Medical College, Taiwan. He obtained DRM, Diploma in Reproductive Medicine from Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia. Active in athletic events, a scout and a prefect in school.[2]
He have his own Medical GP clinic in Bukit Baru. Begun to get involve in Addiction Medicine since 2004.[1] [2]
On 17 September 2015, Wong who is a doctor and also the Bukit Palah DAP branch chairman then, successfully sued fellow DAP state leaders in conflict, Sim Tong Him and Goh Leong San for defamation because of libelous media statements they have issued which implicate him in outraging the modesty of his patients and also accused his sibling of being involved in illegal activities. He won RM300,000 in damages.[3]
In the 2018 general election (GE14), Wong was picked by DAP to contest and was elected as an assemblyman for Bemban constituency for the first time.[1] He was also selected to be the Deputy Speaker of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly.[4] [5]
In October 2018, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng had rebuked the DAP Malacca chief Tey Kok Kiew and Wong on the acceptance the Malacca state "Datukship" in their first year as MLA which had breached the party's long-standing principal agreed upon since the mid-1990s on DAP elected representatives not to receive honours awards during their active political service period.[4] [6] [7] Lim called for those involved to apologise which Wong had obliged and even offered to return the award but Tey did not and remained adamant.[8] [9] [10]
Wong was however dropped by DAP as a PH candidate in the subsequent 2021 Malacca state election to give way to younger face.[11]
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||
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2018 | N24 Bemban | Wong Fort Pin (DAP) | 6,998 | 45.40% | Koh Chin Han (MCA) | 5,653 | 36.68% | 15,699 | 1,345 | 85.40% | |||
Suhaimi Harun (PAS) | 2,762 | 17.92% |