Dato' Sri Dr. Wee Jeck Seng (; born 20 April 1964) is a
Malaysian
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politician
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. He is a member of the
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), a component party of the
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 ...
(BN) coalition which is aligned with the
Perikatan Nasional
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(PN) coalition who has served as
Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities I for the second term in the
Barisan Nasional
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(BN) administration under Prime Minister
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Malay styles and titles#State titles, Dato' Sri Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob ( ms, اسماعيل صبري بن يعقوب, label=Jawi alphabet, Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; born 18 January 1960) is a Malaysian people, Malaysian lawyer and poli ...
and Minister
Zuraida Kamaruddin from August 2021 to November 2022. He served his first term in the
PN administration under former Prime Minister
Muhyiddin Yassin
Tan Sri Dato' Haji Mahiaddin bin Md Yasin (born 15 May 1947), commonly known as Muhyiddin bin Muhammad Yassin ( ms, محيي الدين بن محمد ياسين, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; ), is a Malaysian politician who serv ...
and former Minister
Khairuddin Razali from March 2020 to August 2021 and
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Tanjung Piai since November 2019 after the death of
Mohamed Farid Md Rafik
Datuk Wira Dr. Mohamed Farid bin Md Rafik ( Jawi: محمد فريد بن مد رفيق; 12 October 1976 – 21 September 2019) was a Malaysian politician who was Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of national un ...
and from March 2008 to May 2018. He served as
Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports in the
BN administration under former Prime Ministers
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and
Najib Razak as well as former Ministers
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Malay styles and titles#State titles, Dato' Sri Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob ( ms, اسماعيل صبري بن يعقوب, label=Jawi alphabet, Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; born 18 January 1960) is a Malaysian people, Malaysian lawyer and poli ...
and
Ahmad Shabery Cheek from March 2008 to his defeat in the
2010 MCA leadership election in June 2010 and Member of the
Johor State Legislative Assembly
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(MLA) for
Pekan Nanas from March 2004 to March 2008.
Background
Wee was born on 20 April 1964 at his hometown in
Pontian, Johor. He is married to Lin Ruyun. He graduated with Bachelor of Business Management from the
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Wee received his Doctorate in Public Management from
Universiti Utara Malaysia
Universiti Utara Malaysia (literally meaning Northern University of Malaysia, abbreviated as UUM) is a management university established on 16 February 1984 under the Universiti Utara Malaysia 1984 Order. It has a main campus in Sintok, Kedah ...
in 2019.
Political career
Wee was first elected as member of the
Johor State Legislative Assembly
The Johor State Legislative Assembly ( ms, Dewan Negeri Johor) is the unicameral legislature of the Malaysian state of Johor. It is composed of 56 members who are elected from single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are he ...
for
Pekan Nanas constituency for one term from 2004 to 2008. Prior to Wee's election, he was MCA president
Ong Ka Ting
Ong Ka Ting (; born 15 November 1956) is a Malaysian politician. He was the former Housing and Local Government Minister from 1999 to 2008 and Acting Transport Minister from May to June 2003 in the Malaysian cabinet. Ong also served as the sev ...
's political secretary. Wee was elected to federal Parliament in the
2008 general election for the seat of Tanjong Piai.
[ Percentage figures based on total turnout.] Wee was nominated for the seat by MCA after it was vacated by Ong to contest
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seat.
Immediately after his election to the
Dewan Rakyat,
Parliament
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in 2008, Wee was appointed as a
Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports in the government of
prime minister
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Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. He retained his appointment when incoming prime minister
Najib Razak reshuffled the ministry in April 2009. However, he was dropped from the ministry in June 2010 following
MCA leadership elections.
Wee won and retained his Tanjong Piai parliamentary seat in the
2013 general election but lost his parliamentary seat to
Mohamed Farid Md Rafik
Datuk Wira Dr. Mohamed Farid bin Md Rafik ( Jawi: محمد فريد بن مد رفيق; 12 October 1976 – 21 September 2019) was a Malaysian politician who was Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of national un ...
from the
Malaysian United Indigenous Party
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(BERSATU) of
Pakatan Harapan
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(PH) in the
2018 general election.
[
In November 2019, Wee managed to return as an ]opposition
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MP for Tanjung Piai after he was chosen by the BN as their candidate again to contest the 2019 Tanjung Piai by-election
The 2019 Tanjung Piai by-election was a by-election held on 16 November 2019 for the Dewan Rakyat seat of Tanjung Piai. It was called following the death of incumbent, Md Farid Md Rafik on 21 September 2019.
The late Md Farid, a member from ...
set-upon by the sudden death of incumbent Mohamed Farid[ and won the six-cornered polls with a landslide majority of 15,086 votes.
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Controversy
In the 2019 Tanjung Piai by-election campaigning time where Wee was a candidate then, he was accused of wasting public funds recklessly during his term as Labuan Port Authority (LPA) chairman from 2017 to 2018 by his successor Chan Foong Hin
Chan Foong Hin (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chhìn Fên-kiâm) is a Malaysian politician and chemical engineer who has served as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under Prime Minister Anwa ...
. It was disclosed under Wee, the LPA had committed to a three-year tenancy for an office at Menara UOA, in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur which was never occupied that would amount to RM526,836.96 and had splurged on its renovations included a high-tech toilet with auto/smart toilet bowl, in which the bill came up to RM343,180.50.
Election results
Honours
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** Companion Class I of the Order of Malacca (DMSM) - Datuk (2009)
* :
** Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang
The Most Illustrious Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang ( Malay: ''Darjah Kebesaran Sultan Ahmad Shah Pahang Yang Amat Di Mulia'') is a knighthood order of the Sultanate of Pahang.
History
The order was founded by Sultan Ahmad Shah on 24 O ...
(SSAP) - Dato' Sri (2016)
External links
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References
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Living people
1964 births
People from Johor
Malaysian politicians of Chinese descent
Malaysian Chinese Association politicians
Members of the Dewan Rakyat
Members of the Johor State Legislative Assembly
21st-century Malaysian politicians