| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berhormat Dato Sri |
| Wong Soon Koh | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | PNBS PGBK MLA |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-my |
| Office: | State Leader of the Opposition of Sarawak |
| Term Start: | 8 November 2020 |
| Term End: | 19 March 2024 |
| Governor: | Abdul Taib Mahmud Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar |
| 1Blankname: | Premier |
| 1Namedata: | Abang Abdul Rahman Johari |
| 2Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 2Namedata: | Abang Abdul Rahman Johari |
| Predecessor: | Chong Chieng Jen |
| Successor: | Chong Chieng Jen |
| Constituency: | Bawang Assan |
| Office1: | State Minister of International Trade and E-Commerce of Sarawak |
| Term Start1: | 6 May 2017 |
| Term End1: | 15 July 2019 |
| Governor1: | Abdul Taib Mahmud |
| 1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata1: | Abang Abdul Rahman Johari |
| 2Namedata1: | Mohd Naroden Majais |
| 2Blankname1: | Deputy |
| Predecessor1: | Position established |
| Successor1: | Awang Tengah Ali Hasan |
| Constituency1: | Bawang Assan |
| Office2: | State Minister of Finance II of Sarawak |
| Term Start2: | 2004 |
| Term End2: | 15 July 2019 |
| Governor2: | Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Abdul Taib Mahmud |
| 1Blankname2: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata2: | Abdul Taib Mahmud Adenan Satem Abang Abdul Rahman Johari |
| 2Blankname2: | Minister |
| 2Namedata2: | Abdul Taib Mahmud Adenan Satem Abang Abdul Rahman Johari |
| Successor2: | Douglas Uggah Embas |
| Constituency2: | Bawang Assan |
| Office3: | State Minister of Local Government and Community Development of Sarawak |
| Term Start3: | 28 September 2011 |
| Term End3: | 12 May 2016 |
| Governor3: | Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Abdul Taib Mahmud |
| 1Blankname3: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata3: | Abdul Taib Mahmud Adenan Satem |
| 2Blankname3: | Deputy |
| 2Namedata3: | Jerip Susil Peter Nansian Ngusie John Sikie Tayai |
| Successor3: | Sim Kui Hian |
| Constituency3: | Bawang Assan |
| Office4: | State Minister of Environment and Public Health of Sarawak |
| Term Start4: | 2008 |
| Term End4: | 27 September 2011 |
| Governor4: | Abang Muhammad Salahuddin |
| 1Blankname4: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata4: | Abdul Taib Mahmud |
| Successor4: | Abdul Taib Mahmud |
| Constituency4: | Bawang Assan |
| Office5: | Senior Vice President of the Progressive Democratic Party |
| Term Start5: | 6 April 2024 |
| Office6: | 1st President of the Parti Sarawak Bersatu |
| Deputy6: | Jerip Susil Johnical Rayong Ngipa |
| Term Start6: | 2015 |
| Term End6: | 19 March 2024 |
| Predecessor6: | Position established |
| Successor6: | Position abolished |
| Constituency Am7: | Bawang Assan |
| Assembly7: | Sarawak State Legislative |
| Predecessor7: | Position established |
| Term Start7: | 28 September 1991 |
| Majority7: | 2,892 (1991) 2,709 (1996) 7,096 (2001) 2,504 (2006) 1,808 (2011) 4,131 (2016) 913 (2021) |
| Office8: | Faction represented in Sarawak State Legislative Assembly |
| Subterm8: | 1991–2014 |
| Suboffice8: | Barisan Nasional |
| Subterm9: | 2014 |
| Suboffice9: | Sarawak People's Energy Party |
| Subterm10: | 2014–2016 |
| Suboffice10: | United People's Party |
| Subterm11: | 2016–2018 |
| Suboffice11: | Barisan Nasional |
| Subterm12: | 2018–2019 |
| Suboffice12: | United Sarawak Party |
| Subterm13: | 2019–2024 |
| Suboffice13: | Parti Sarawak Bersatu |
| Subterm14: | 2024– |
| Suboffice14: | Gabungan Parti Sarawak |
| Citizenship: | Malaysian |
| Party: | Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP) Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) |
| Otherparty: | Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Alma Mater: | University of Western Australia |
| Birth Name: | Wong Soon Koh |
| Birth Date: | 1942 5, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Sibu, Japanese occupation of British Borneo (now Sarawak, Malaysia) |
| Residence: | Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia |
| Spouse: | Pauline Leong |
| Children: | Andrew Wong Kee Yew |
| Signature: | Wong Soon Koh signature.jpg |
Dato Sri Wong Soon Koh (; born 16 May 1942),[1] is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bawang Assan since September 1991. He served as the State Leader of the Opposition of Sarawak from November 2020 to March 2024, State Minister of Finance II of Sarawak from 2004 and State Minister of International Trade and E-Commerce from May 2017 to his resignation in July 2019, State Minister of Local Government and Community Development from September 2011 to May 2016 and State Minister of Environment and Public Health from 2008 to September 2011. He is a member of the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP), a component party of the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition. He was a member of the Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) and the Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP). He has also served as the Senior Vice President of PDP since April 2024. He also served as the 1st, founding and only President of PSB from 2015 to the dissolution of the party in March 2024.
Wong graduated from the University of Western Australia (UWA) in 1968 with a Bachelor of Arts.[2] [3]
In September 2011, Wong was reappointed as Second Minister for Finance and reassigned as Minister for Local Government and Housing by Abdul Taib Mahmud.[4]
In May 2014, Wong was sacked from Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP), while still being SUPP Sibu branch chairman, by then-president Peter Chin Fah Kui.[5] The party was reportedly unhappy with Wong's decision to appoint a number of community leaders.[6] Soon before he was officially sacked, Wong announced in a hurriedly called press conference that he was joining a newly formed party, Sarawak People's Energy Party (TERAS), together with former Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) president William Mawan Ikom. Less than three months later, Wong announced that he was leaving TERAS to form a new party, United Peoples' Party (UPP), bringing with him three other elected state assemblymen.[7]
In May 2017, Wong was reassigned by the sixth Chief Minister of Sarawak Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg to head the new Ministry of International Trade and E-Commerce as UPP still being pro-Barisan Nasional (BN) party.[8] [9]
In late 2018, Wong's party, UPP, announced that it was changing its name to United Sarawak Party (PSB).[10] In July 2019, Wong tendered his resignation as the International Trade and e-Commerce Minister and second Minister of Finance from the state Cabinet, marking PSB turning its status into Independent.[11]
Wong's spouse is Pauline Leong. Their only son Andrew Wong Kee Yew, suspectedly died of stroke on 10 February 2019 at their family home in Sibu.[12] Andrew, former deputy chairman of Sibu Municipal Council, is married and has two children, a son and a daughter.[13]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | N39 Bawang Assan | (SUPP) | 6,112 | 65.50% | Ling Sie Ming (DAP) | 3,220 | 34.50% | 9,401 | 2,892 | 68.45% | ||||
| 1996 | N41 Bawang Assan | (SUPP) | 6,953 | 62.10% | Chian Pao Koh (DAP) | 4,244 | 37.90% | 11,300 | 2,709 | 61.45% | ||||
| 2001 | (SUPP) | 9,465 | 79.98% | Michael Tiang Ming Tee (DAP) | 2,369 | 20.02% | 11,920 | 7,096 | 68.85% | |||||
| 2006 | N47 Bawang Assan | (SUPP) | 6,804 | 61.28% | Wong Kee Woan (DAP) | 4,300 | 38.72% | 11,172 | 2,504 | 66.32% | ||||
| 2011 | (SUPP) | 7,316 | 57.05% | Alice Lau Kiong Yieng (DAP) | 5,508 | 42.95% | 12,936 | 1,808 | 77.26% | |||||
| 2016 | N53 Bawang Assan | (UPP) | 9,015 | 61.12% | Stanley Chiew Sung Ngie (DAP) | 4,884 | 33.38% | 14,801 | 4,131 | 80.70% | ||||
| Watson Bangau Johnathan Renang (IND) | 569 | 3.89% | ||||||||||||
| Wong Sing Wei (STAR) | 100 | 0.68% | ||||||||||||
| Yeu Bang Keng (IND) | 63 | 0.43% | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | (PSB) | 5,952 | 43.25% | Robert Lau (SUPP) | 5,039 | 36.61% | 13,763 | 913 | 70.18% | |||||
| Amy Lau (DAP) | 1,173 | 8.52% | ||||||||||||
| Michelle Ling Shyan Mih (PBK) | 954 | 6.93% | ||||||||||||
| Ricky Enteri (IND) | 645 | 4.69% | ||||||||||||
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | P212 Sibu | Wong Soon Koh (PSB) | 11,128 | 16.88% | Oscar Ling Chai Yew (DAP) | 31,287 | 47.45% | 65,942 | 7,760 | 62.28% | |||
| Clarence Ting Ing Horh (SUPP) | 23,527 | 35.68% | |||||||||||