Wee Choo Keong

Wee Choo Keong (; born 26 June 1953) is a Malaysian politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Bukit Bintang from 1990 to 1995 and Wangsa Maju from 2008 to 2013. Wee had been a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) before being expelled in 1998. He then formed the Malaysian Democratic Party (MDP) the same year. In 2008, he left the party to join the People's Justice Party (PKR) before becoming an Independent in 2010. Wee was appointed Tourism Malaysia chairperson by the then ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) government on 17 June 2015.

Political career

Democratic Action Party Wee started his political career as a member of the DAP contesting in the 1986 general election and was elected as a member of parliament for the Bukit Bintang constituency (earlier was Kuala Lumpur Bandar before being renamed) in the 1990 general election.

In 1993, an injunction was issued against Wee and two other defendants from "printing, circulating or publishing any allegation of impropriety about the companies" after a case was brought by MBf alleging the defendants "unlawfully conspired with each other with the predominant purpose of injuring the companies by unlawful means." MBf later applied to have the defendants (including Wee) held in contempt of court for failing to obey the injunction.

In addition, as Wee Choo Keong was fined the day before the nomination day, the DAP once allowed Teng Chang Khim to be nominated as an independent as a backup. However, after Wee Choo Keong's nomination was accepted by the Election Commission, the DAP asked Teng to withdraw from the election.

Malaysian Democratic Party (MDP) Wee was removed from the Bukit Bintang seat in 1995 after a controversial court case, which nullified his re-election that year due to the fine he had received. He contested the 2004 elections but did not even receive enough votes to keep his deposit. Wee Choo Keong was later referred to by V.K. Lingam in the Lingam tape. After the videotape was made public in 2007, Wee stated he intended to file for judicial review of the 1995 decision.

People's Justice Party (PKR) Before the 2008 general election, although still a member of the MDP, he was invited to join the PKR under the de facto leadership of Anwar Ibrahim and contest the Wangsa Maju constituency,

Independent In May 2010, Wee left PKR to sit in Parliament as an independent, citing disappointment with the PKR-led state government in Selangor's handling of the Dengkil sand mining scandal and the influence of what he called "little Napoleons and trendy leftists" in the party.

Election results

Honours