Leong Cheok Keng is a

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who has served as Member of the

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for Malim Nawar from May 2013 until November 2022. Currently he is a member of

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, which he joined on 3 November 2022. He was a member of 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 formerly

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(PR) and presently

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(PH) opposition coalitions. He was also, for a brief period, a member of the

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(PBM), a party aligned with the ruling

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(BN) coalition.

Politics

He was expelled from

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on 19 January 2021 for applying to join MCA. However, he stayed as independent and did not join any party. On 14 January 2022, he had announced that he had joined PBM. On 3 November 2022, he had announced that he had quitted PBM and will participate in the

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under

. In the election, Leong lost his state seat to Pakatan Harapan candidate V Bavani @ Shasha, garnering only 684 votes and lost his deposit.

Personal life

His younger brother, Leong Cheok Lung is also a politician and has participated in the

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, contesting in the

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federal seat under WARISAN.

Election result

References

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