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Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen (; born 31 August 1986), is a Malaysian politician and medical doctor who has served as the special advisor to the
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since April 2023 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bandar Kuching since May 2018. A member of the
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(DAP), a component party of the
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(PH) coalition, he has served as Chair of the Health, Science and Innovation Select Committee since January 2021 and is a member of the Budget Select Committee. He served as the 5th Youth Chief of PH from July 2022 to March 2025 and the Youth Chief or known as the Chief of the Youth Wing namely Democratic Action Party Socialist Youth (DAPSY) from March 2022 to November 2024. Yii also serves as special assistant to
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, Stampin MP,
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for Padungan, DAP Sarawak and Sarawak branch of PH chairman.


Education

Between 2006 and 2011, Yii was enrolled at the Volgograd State Medical University in
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, Russia and obtained a
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(MD) degree. He was also 1st vice president of the university's Malaysian Chinese Students Community committee for the 2009/10 term. In June 2016, Yii graduated from the
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with a
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(Honours) (LL.B. (Hons)). Upon receiving his LL.B., Yii then studied for a
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(LL.M.) in
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at
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. In September 2020, Yii completed a two-month online certification course in Business, International Relations and the Political Economy conducted by the
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.


Political career

On 24 April 2018, Yii was announced as the candidate of DAP to contest for the Bandar Kuching federal seat as one of the three new faces fielded by the party in the
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. On 9 May 2018, he went on to win the seat and be elected as the new Bandar Kuching MP by a total of 48,548 votes and a majority of 35,973 votes. On 4 November 2018, he was elected into the DAP state party committee and appointed as assistant secretary for a term from 2018 to 2020 in the 18th Sarawak DAP state convention. On 4 December 2018,
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Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof appointed Yii as a member of the newly formed Budget Select Committee. On 14 January 2021, Yii was appointed as Chair of the Health, Science and Innovation Select Committee by Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat
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. On 18 December 2021, he contested for the Batu Kawah state seat in the
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. He was however defeated in a landslide by State Minister of Housing and Local Government of Sarawak Sim Kui Hian by a minority of 5,393 votes. On 16 January 2022, he was reelected as a member of the Sarawak DAP state committee in the 19th Sarawak DAP state convention for another new term from 2021 to 2023. He was appointed a new position namely Publicity Secretary, taking over from Lanang MP Alice Lau Kiong Yeng who went on to be the deputy chairperson. The assistant secretary position left vacated by him was taken over by Larry Asap. On 19 March 2022, he was elected as the new Youth Chief of DAP, in another name, the Chief of DAP Socialist Youth (DAPSY), which is the name of the DAP youth wing in the DAPSY national elections by defeating
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MLA Jamaliah Jamaluddin and DAPSY national secretary Eric Teh Hoong Keat by a total of 232 votes, taking over from former member of the
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(EXCO) and present member of the
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defeated the Batu Kitang DAP branch chairman Abdul Aziz Isa and Alice Lan Suet Ling by total of 212 votes and a majority of 43 votes to be his deputy.


Personal life

On 17 March 2020, Yii tested positive for
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and was quarantined at Sarawak General Hospital. He was suspected of having been infected with the virus after meeting
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MP Wong Ling Biu who was also tested positive for the virus. Former prime minister
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also went into self-quarantine after close contact with Yii. Yii was announced to have recovered on 23 March 2020.


Election results


Honours

* : ** Recipient of the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal (2024)


See also

* Budget Select Committee (Malaysia) * Bandar Kuching (federal constituency)


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yii, Kelvin Lee Wuen 1986 births Living people People from Kuching Malaysian politicians of Chinese descent Sarawak politicians Democratic Action Party (Malaysia) politicians Alumni of the London School of Economics Alumni of Northumbria University Alumni of the University of London Malaysian MPs 2018–2022 Malaysian MPs 2022– YSEALI alumni