Victor Gu (full name ''Victor Gu Chian Peow'', born in 1977 in

Damansara Utama Damansara Utama is a suburb of Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. The suburb is divided into two sections, SS20 in the east and SS21 in the west which are separated in the middle by the Damansara–Puchong Expressway, a heavily used six-lane expre ...

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) is a former NTV7

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, was an active debater at

Universiti Malaya The University of Malaya ( ms, Universiti Malaya, UM; abbreviated as UM or informally the Malayan University) is a public research university located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the oldest and highest ranking Malaysian institution of highe ...

. Gu is also a member of

Malaysian Chinese Association The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA; zh, 马来西亚华人公会; ; ta, மலேசிய சீனர் சங்கம், initially known as the Malayan Chinese Association) is a uni-racial political party in Malaysia that seeks to ...

(MCA), and a DJ for Wah FM. On NTV7, he hosted many shows, such as ''

Bai Wan Fu Weng ''Bǎi Wàn Zhì Duō Xīng'' (, for a translation see below) was a Chinese game show, hosted by Lǐ Fán (). It was based on the original British format of ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?''. The contestant's main goal was to win 1,000,000 Chin ...

'', the Mandarin-language Malaysian version of ''

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''. Gu was chosen as

Barisan Nasional The National Front ( ms, Barisan Nasional; abbrev: BN) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1973 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties. It is also the third largest political coalition with 30 se ...

(BN) candidate in the 2008 general election but he has lost.

Election results

Reality show participation

In 2015, Victor Gu has clinched the third place in ''I am Speaker'', a reality TV series in

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. He beat some 50 other contestants to reach the grand final of the show, which was aired last night on

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, after close to three months of intense battle. In his past appearances, Gu spoke passionately about Chinese education in Malaysia, justice and the death penalty.

References

1977 births Living people Malaysian television presenters Malaysian male actors Malaysian actor-politicians Malaysian Chinese Association politicians University of Malaya alumni {{Malaysia-politician-stub