Jenice Lee Ying Ha () is a

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politician from the

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(PRM). Lee was also a one term Member of the

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for the Teratai constituency from 2008 to 2013 representing

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(DAP) of

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(PR) coalition then.

Background

Lee is an atheist Malaysian Chinese. She graduated from Sydney University, major in Economics, Politics & International Relations. She started as a student's leader and she was the founding Vice Presidents of New Era College Students' Union. From a student activist she eventually joined NGOs such as

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(SUARAM), the Human Rights NGO and eventually she joined political party; DAP. Lee started her political involvement since 1999. During these period of times she actively participated in regional and international event such as IUSY conference and later she became a founding member of YPSEA. She was invited & sponsored by US Embassy for The International Leadership program; study visit on

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and also political study tour at Berlin that invited cum sponsored by FES; became a member of International Observer for Cambodia Election that sponsored by ANFREL at the age of 20. Lee had received the "Outstanding Alumni Award" from

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Political career

Lee made her debut by contesting and winning the

seat of Teratai as a DAP candidate in the 2008 general election. Lee defended her seat as an

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by using "Tree" as her logo in the 2013 general election after her name was dropped by the DAP's 4 men select committee. Later DAP disciplinary chairman

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announced she practised corruption and abuse of power. However, those allegations were not proven until today. Lee also faced many disagreements and needed to fend off political attacks from her former party DAP and other sects from the

. Lee finally announced she had joined

(PRM) in January 2018 and she was appointed as PRM Deputy President. In the subsequent 2018 general election in May, she contested Pandan parliamentary seat and Teratai state seat under PRM tickets but lost both.

Election results

References

External links

Jenice Lee 李映霞 Blog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Ying Ha 1980 births Living people People from Selangor Malaysian people of Chinese descent Malaysian human rights activists Parti Rakyat Malaysia politicians Former Democratic Action Party (Malaysia) politicians Independent politicians in Malaysia Members of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly Women MLAs in Selangor University of Sydney alumni 21st-century Malaysian politicians 21st-century Malaysian women politicians

Background

Political career

Election results

See also

References

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