Su Keong Siong, known as Thomas Su ( zh, s=苏建祥, t=蘇建祥, p=Sū Jiànxiáng, poj=So͘ Kiàn-siông) is a

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and

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who has served as the Member of the

Pahang State Legislative Assembly The Pahang State Legislative Assembly ( ms, Dewan Undangan Negeri Pahang) is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Pahang. It is composed of 42 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the state. The Asse ...

(MLA) for

Ketari Ketari is a small town in Bentong District, Pahang, Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea ...

since November 2022. He served as the

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(MP) for Kampar from May 2018 to November 2022, for Ipoh Timor from May 2013 to May 2018, Member of the

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(EXCO) in the

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) state administration under former Menteri Besar

Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin Dato' Seri Ir. Mohammad Nizar bin Jamaluddin (born 17 March 1957) is a Malaysian politician and engineer who has served as Member of the Perak State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Barisan Nasional (BN) state admini ...

from March 2008 to the collapse of the PR state administration in February 2009 and Perak MLA for

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from March 2004 to May 2013. He is a member of

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) opposition coalition. He is also member of the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of DAP.

Earlier career

A Lawyer by profession, he earned an LL.M. ''cum laude'' from

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before returning to Malaysia to work for C K LEONG & CO. in

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. He was admitted to the

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in 1994.

Political career

Su first involved in politics when he contested but lost as DAP candidate in

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for the state seat of Malim Nawar in Perak. He however was elected to the Perak State Assembly in

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and again in

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for the constituency of

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. During the short

(PR) coalition rules of Perak, he was elected as an exco member in the state government led by

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Nizar Jamaluddin Dato' Seri Ir. Mohammad Nizar bin Jamaluddin (born 17 March 1957) is a Malaysian politician and engineer who has served as Member of the Perak State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Barisan Nasional (BN) state administ ...

in 2008. In the 2013 election Su won the Ipoh Timor parliamentary seat and succeeded incumbent

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as its MP, who contested in

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in Johor. In the 2018 election Su contested and won the Kampar parliamentary seat instead. Su change seat again in 2022, this time for Pahang State Assembly seat Ketari, replacing incumbent Young Syefura Othman who contested federal seat Bentong instead. Su won the seat with a slim majority of 120 votes, defeating

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and

Perikatan Nasional The National Alliance ( ms, Perikatan Nasional; abbrev: PN) is a political coalition composed of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) and Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN). This coalition was pr ...

candidates.

Controversy

In 2014, he was charged of starting a peaceful assembly "without prior notice". He was later discharged and acquitted by Perak Court of Appeals, the decision also found the requirement of giving ten-day prior notice before holding a peaceful assembly unconstitutional.

Election results

References

Living people 1966 births Year of birth uncertain People from Perak Malaysian politicians of Chinese descent 20th-century Malaysian lawyers Democratic Action Party (Malaysia) politicians Members of the Dewan Rakyat Members of the Perak State Legislative Assembly Perak state executive councillors Alumni of the University of Wolverhampton 21st-century Malaysian politicians {{Malaysia-politician-stub