Chew Chong Sin is a Malaysian politician from

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. He is the Member of Johor State Legislative Assembly for Mengkibol since 2018.

Early career

Chew is a former bank manager in Kuala Lumpur, Asia Pacific region manager of a German company and Director of BPP Professional Education (United Kingdom), China branch. He was also a businessman in Shanghai. He was also the Chairman of Chinese Student in UKM Committee and Secretary of Civil Rights Committee for The KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall.

Political career

When he was in Shanghai, Chew established “Bersih Shanghai” in 2012, which actively campaigned ‘Jom Balik Undi’ ''(Go Back and Vote)'' in other countries. Bersih Shanghai had held several forums with other NGOs, activist and Malaysian political leaders to share their thoughts to Malaysians in Shanghai. He is also a columnist who shares his opinion on current issues and economic issues in “Mirror of Shanghai” for Oriental Daily. In July 2013, he returned to Malaysia and started campaigning with DAP during the

2013 Malaysian general election General elections were held in Malaysia on Sunday, 5 May 2013 to elect the members of the 13th Parliament. Voting took place in all 222 parliamentary constituencies, each electing one MP to the Dewan Rakyat, the dominant house of Parliament. ...

. Before that, he also helped the opposition to campaign in the

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and

2004 Malaysian general election A general election was held on Sunday, 21 March 2004 for members of the 11th Parliament of Malaysia. Voting took place in all 219 parliamentary constituencies of Malaysia, each electing one Member of Parliament to the Dewan Rakyat, the dominant ...

. In 2018, he joined

and contested in the

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as a Pakatan Harapan candidate and was chosen as the Member of Johor State Legislative Assembly for Mengkibol.

Election result

Controversies

On 15 March 2019, Chew Chong Sin said that the Christchurch mosque shootings should be a lesson for Malaysia in racial and religious issues, for instance the collaboration between UMNO and PAS. After that, he retracted his statement due to misinterpretation.

References

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