Betty Chew Gek Cheng (; born 15 August 1964) is a

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from the

Democratic Action Party The Democratic Action Party (abbreviation: DAP; ms, Parti Tindakan Demokratik; ; ta, ஜனநாயக செயல் கட்சி) is a Centre-left politics, centre-left social democracy, social democratic political party in Malaysia. ...

(DAP), a component party of the

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(PH) opposition coalition who served as Member of the

Melaka State Legislative Assembly The Malacca State Legislative Assembly ( ms, Dewan Undangan Negeri Melaka) is the unicameral legislature of the Malaysian state of Malacca. It is composed of 28 members who are elected from single-member constituencies throughout the state. Ele ...

(MLA) for Kota Laksamana from March 2004 to May 2013 and Durian Daun from November 1999 to March 2004. She also served as State Women Chief of DAP of

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as of 2005. She is also the spouse and wife of

Lim Guan Eng Lim Guan Eng (; born 8 December 1960) is a Malaysian politician and accountant from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bagan, Member of the ...

, the present National Chairman and former Secretary-General of DAP, former

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and former

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as well as the daughter-in-law of another former Secretary-General and former National Chairman of DAP,

Lim Kit Siang Lim Kit Siang (; born 20 February 1941) is a Malaysian politician. He is the longest-serving leader of the opposition in Malaysia, having held the position for a total of 29 years on three separate occasions. He is also former Secretary-Genera ...

. "Guan Eng and wife voted out of Malacca DAP committee"
(20 December 2005). ''

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''. In 2005, she suffered a surprise defeat when running for re-election to the DAP Malacca committee, placing second-last, finishing ahead of only her husband. However, while her husband automatically qualified to sit on the committee by virtue of his position as party Secretary-General, Chew did not. Chew was "saddened by the results", but said she accepted her defeat. However,

Teresa Kok Teresa Kok Suh Sim (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ''Kwo̍k Su-tshim''; born 31 March 1964) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Minister of Primary Industries in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad ...

, a DAP Member of Parliament, suggested there was a conspiracy behind the defeat of Lim and Chew in their re-election campaigns. In 2006, it was reported that Chew would become the first Malacca assemblyman to give birth while in office. At the time, Chew had 4 children with Lim.Conflicts and developments
. (29 December 2006). ''Malaysia Today''. In 2008, Chew defeated newcomer

Lee Kiat Lee Lee Kiat Lee (; born 23 June 1975) is a Malaysian politician for the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), in Malaysia. He is also an advocate and solicitor by profession. Biography Born on 23 June 1975 in Melaka, Lee Kiat Lee is the eldest ...

for the Kota Laksamana seat where she had 11043 votes while Lee had only 3801 votes.

Election results

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