Tan Tee Beng (; born 21 February 1972) is a Malaysian

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politician. From 2008 to 2013 he was the Member of the

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for the Nibong Tebal constituency in

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, Malaysia. Tan was elected to Parliament in the 2008 general election for the opposition National Justice Party (KeADILan) which later change to People's Justice Party (PKR) party, unseating Zainal Abidin Osman, a government Minister. On 1 March 2010, Tan announced he was leaving PKR to sit as an

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member of Parliament. His resignation from PKR followed the instigation of disciplinary action against him by the party after he criticised

Chief Minister

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from the party's

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coalition partner the

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. Tan has later announced he join

Parti Kesejahteraan Insan Tanah Air The People's Welfare Party or ''Parti Kesejahteraan Insan Tanah Air'' (KITA) is a small political party in Malaysia, based in the state of Kelantan. Founded as AKIM (1995) The party was formerly known as the Malaysian People Justice Front or ...

(KITA) on 24 February 2011. But he was sacked from KITA on 7 February 2012 allegedly for making statement disparaging the party. Tan contested as an

candidate in a four-corner fight for Nibong Tebal parliamentary seat in the 2018 general election but lost. Tan's father, Datuk Tan Gim Hwa, was a founding member of the

Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia The Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia ( en, Malaysian People's Movement Party, commonly abbreviated as GERAKAN or less commonly as PGRM) is a liberal political party in Malaysia. Formed in 1968, Gerakan gained prominence in the 1969 general electi ...

(GERAKAN), a coalition party the ruling

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(BN) government), and even Tan himself before joining PKR is a former official in Gerakan's youth wing. He was the GERAKAN's candidate for the

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seat of Batu Lancang in the 1999 general election which he lost by a slim majority. Before entering politics, Tan was a stockbroker. He obtained a

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from

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