Leow Thye Yih () is a

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who served as Member of the

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(MLA) for

Pokok Assam Pokok Assam is a small town in Taiping, Perak, Malaysia. It is the second biggest satellite town in Taiping, after Kamunting, with its famous road side fried chicken Fried chicken, also known as Southern fried chicken, is a dish consistin ...

from May 2018 to November 2022 and for

Aulong Aulong ( Jawi: اولوڠ; ) is a suburb of Taiping, Perak, Malaysia. This town has an estimated population of 5000, with the majority being Chinese and Malays. The main town centre consists of the old and new villages. There are a few housing esta ...

from May 2013 to May 2018. He is an

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and 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

Pakatan Harapan The Alliance of Hope ( ms, Pakatan Harapan; abbrev: PH; stylized as HARAPAN) is a Malaysian political coalition consisting of centre-left political parties which was formed in 2015 to succeed the Pakatan Rakyat coalition. It has been the r ...

(PH) and formerly

Pakatan Rakyat The People's Alliance ( ms, Pakatan Rakyat; abbrev: PR) was an informal Malaysian political coalition and successor to Barisan Alternatif (BA). The political coalition was formed by the People's Justice Party (PKR), Democratic Action Party (DAP ...

(PR) opposition coalitions. He also served as the State Assistant Organising Secretary of DAP of

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Education

He is a Bachelor of Optometry.

Political career

Resignation from DAP party positions to support Paul Yong

On 11 September 2019, he resigned as State Assistant Organising Secretary of DAP of Perak along with

Malim Nawar Malim Nawar is a small town in Kampar District, Perak, Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and thre ...

MLA

Leong Cheok Keng Leong Cheok Keng is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly for Malim Nawar from May 2013 until November 2022. Currently he is a member of WARISAN, which he joined on 3 November 2022. He was a ...

who resigned as Treasurer of DAP of Perak as a sign of support for Member of the

Perak State Executive Council The Perak State Executive Council is the executive authority of the Government of Perak, Malaysia. The Council comprises the Menteri Besar, appointed by the Sultan on the basis that he is able to command a majority in the Perak State Legislative ...

(EXCO) and

Tronoh Teronoh (or Tronoh, Ternoh) ( Jawi: ترونوه; ) is a small tin-mining town in Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia. The tin-mining industry boom during the early 20th century saw Tronoh, a town believed to be old, grow from a small village into ...

MLA

Paul Yong Choo Kiong Paul Yong Choo Kiong (; born 23 September 1970), is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Tronoh from May 2013 to November 2022 and Member of the Perak State Executive Council (EXCO) in t ...

as State Chairman of DAP of Perak

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wanted to remove Yong as an EXCO member after involving in a rapping case.

Rumours of leaving DAP for MCA

In early January 2021, there were rumours that he and Leong were leaving DAP to join the opposing

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(MCA), a component party of the ruling

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(BN) coalition but they both denied. To reaffirm his denial, he signed a

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(SD) to serve as a DAP MLA for full term.

Leaving DAP to contest in the 2022 general election as an independent candidate

Two days before the Nomination Day of the

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and

2022 Perak state election The 2022 Perak state election, formally the 15th Perak state election, took place on 19 November 2022. This election was to elect 59 members of the 15th Perak State Legislative Assembly. The previous assembly was dissolved on 17 October 2022. ...

on 3 November 2022, he left DAP after the party decided not to nominate him as a candidate in both the general election and the state election. He also announced his candidacy to contest for the

Taiping __NOTOC__ Taiping, Tai-p’ing, or Tai Ping most often refers to: Chinese history * Princess Taiping (died 713), Tang dynasty princess * Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864), civil war in southern China ** Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851–1864), the re ...

federal seat as an independent candidate and called on Taiping voters to give him a chance to do more for Taiping. He explained that he left the party out of "desperation" to bring greater development to the area and to raise the standard of living of the Taiping people. He also hoped that voters would consider voting based on the performance of candidates instead of voting based on party lines. He faced his former party comrade and caretaker

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(MP) for Ipoh Timor

Wong Kah Woh Wong Kah Woh ( zh, s=黄家和, t=黃家和, p=Huáng Jiāhé, poj=N̂g Ka-hô; born 19 June 1980) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Taiping since November 2022. He served as Chairman of the Public Acc ...

who was nominated by DAP and PH to contest for the Taiping seat in the election. He also thanked DAP for nominating him to contest for the Aulong and Pokok Assam state seats in the

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and

2018 Perak state election The 14th Perak State election was held on 9 May 2018. The previous state election was held on 5 May 2013. Each of the state assemblymen are elected to a five year term each. The Perak State Legislative Assembly automatically dissolved on 28 June ...

s.He lost the election to Wong by a minority of 45,944 votes, garnering only 1,154 votes, which is 1.36% of the total votes and losing the deposit of RM 10,000. For the deposit to be refunded, he has to garner at least 10,597 votes, which is 12.5% of the total votes.

Election results

External links

References

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