Steven Choong Shiau Yoon (; born 7 December 1957) is a Malaysian

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who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for

Tebrau Tebrau or Teberau is a mukim and a town in Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional mona ...

from May 2018 to November 2022. He is a member of the

Parti Bangsa Malaysia ''Parti Bangsa Malaysia'', ( Malay for Malaysian Nation Party abbrev: PBM, is a registered political party in Malaysia. The party was founded as the Sarawak Workers Party before being handed over in November 2021. The party is currently repr ...

(PBM) and was a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the

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(PH) and formerly

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(PR) coalitions. He has served as the Deputy President of PBM since February 2023. He served as the Senior Vice President I of PBM from January 2022 to his promotion to the party deputy presidency in February 2023. He also served as the Division Chief of PKR of Tebrau from 2014 to his resignation from the party in February 2021 and the Division Chief of PKR of

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from 2012 to 2013 as well as the Deputy Secretary-General of PKR from 2011 to 2014. During the

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and in February 2021, Choong resigned from PKR and became an

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MP supporting Prime Minister

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and the

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(PN) coalition along with

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Larry Sng Wei Shien Datuk Larry Sng Wei Shien (), is a Taiwanese-born Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Julau since May 2018. He served as Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pelagus from Septem ...

Early life and education

Choong was born on 7 December 1957 at

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, Perak. He went to Sekolah Menengah Teknik, Ipoh. He graduated with a Master's Degree in Business Finance at

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Background

Choong has a vast experience as an accountant, auditor, tax agent and business consultant career. He is a Partner at CSY & Associates PLT beside Managing Director and CEO at CSY Tax Services Sdn. Bhd. He also serves as a Senior Independent Non-Executive Director on the board of Country View Bhd since 27 March 2002. He is also the Chairman for Malaysian Institute of Accountants, Chartered Member at Institute of Internal Auditors Malaysia and Member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

Politics career

Choong chose to participate in politics by joining People's Justice Party (PKR) at the age of 50 in 2007. He has been the Division Chairman of both

and

and Deputy Secretary-General of PKR. He made his debut contesting the Tebrau parliamentary seat in the 2013 elections but had lost by 1,767 votes to the

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(MCA) candidate. In the

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, he contested Tebrau under the People's Justice Party banner again in a three-cornered fight and this time won by defeating candidates from the MCA and the

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(PAS). On 28 February 2021, he was sacked from PKR to be an independent MP friendly to Prime Minister

's ruling

(PN) coalition together with

Larry Sng Malay titles#State titles, Datuk Larry Sng Wei Shien (), is a Taiwanese people, Taiwanese-born Malaysian people, Malaysian politician who has served as the Dewan Rakyat, Member of Parliament (MP) for Julau (federal constituency), Julau since M ...

. The two MPs announced formation of Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) on 19 November 2021.

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