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Leong Cheok Keng
Malaysian politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Leong Cheok Keng (simplified Chinese: 梁卓经; traditional Chinese: 梁卓經; pinyin: Liáng Zhuōjīng; Jyutping: Loeng4 Coek3 Ging1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Niô͘ Tok-keng; Tâi-lô: Niôo Tok-king) is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Malim Nawar from May 2013 to November 2022. He is a member of the Heritage Party (WARISAN). He was a member of Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) as well as the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. He is also the older brother of Leong Cheok Lung, a candidate for the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kampar in the 2022 general election.
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Politics
Leong was expelled from DAP on 19 January 2021 for applying to join the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.[1] However, he remained as an independent and did not join any party. On 14 January 2022, he announced that he had joined PBM.[2] On 3 November 2022, he announced that he had left PBM and would participate in the 2022 Perak state election under WARISAN.[3] In the election, Leong lost his state seat to Bavani Veraiah of PH, garnering only 684 votes and losing his deposit.
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Personal life
His younger brother, Leong Cheok Lung is also a politician and has participated in the 2022 Malaysian general election, contesting in the Kampar federal seat under WARISAN.[4]
Election result
References
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