Tey Kok Kiew () is a

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who served as Member of the

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(EXCO) in the

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(PH) state administration under former Chief Minister

Adly Zahari Adly bin Zahari ( Jawi: عدلي بن ظهري; born 15 February 1971) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Defence in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Moha ...

from May 2018 to the collapse of the PH state administration in March 2020 as well as Member of the

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(MLA) for

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from March 2008 to November 2021. He is a member from

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(DAP), a component party of the PH coalition. He has served as State Chairman of DAP of

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for the second term since January 2023 and served the first term from December 2015 to his resignation in November 2021 following a huge defeat of DAP in the

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Politics

Tey initially contested as a DAP candidate in the 2008 Melaka state election for the Bandar Hilir state seat in 2008 and went on to defend the seat in the 2013 and 2018 Melaka state elections. Tey was fielded by the party to spearhead the DAP younger faces in the subsequent

2021 Malacca state election The 2021 Malacca state election, formally the 15th Malacca state election, took place on 20 November 2021. This election was to elect 28 members of the 15th Malacca State Legislative Assembly. The previous assembly was dissolved on 4 October 2021 ...

as the PH candidate replacing the incumbent

Wong Fort Pin Wong Fort Pin (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ''Vòng Fò-phìn'') is a Malaysian politician and doctor. He served as Member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bemban for a term from May 2018 to November 2021 and Deputy Speaker of the Malac ...

who was however dropped to contest

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seat which was considered a more risky election for DAP and Tey.

Controversies and issues

In 2018, DAP secretary-general

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had rebuked Tey, the DAP Malacca chief and Wong, the Deputy Speaker of

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and assemblyman of Bemban then on their acceptance of the Malacca state '' "Datukship"'' in their first year as MLA which had breached the party's long-standing principal agreed upon since the mid-1990s on DAP elected representatives not to receive honours awards during their active political service period. Lim called for those involved to apologise which Wong had obliged and even offered to return the award but Tey did not and remained adamant. Tey opined the party should have inform the King, state rulers or governors for such principal policy.

Election results

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

* : **

Companion Class I of the Order of Malacca (DMSM) – Datuk (2018)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tey, Kok Kiew 1972 births Living people People from Malacca Malaysian people of Hokkien descent Malaysian people of Chinese descent Democratic Action Party (Malaysia) politicians Members of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly Malacca state executive councillors 21st-century Malaysian politicians