Leong Cheok Keng () is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the

Perak State Legislative Assembly The Perak State Legislative Assembly () is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Perak. It is composed of 59 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are held no more than five years a ...

(MLA) for Malim Nawar from May 2013 to November 2022. He is a member of the Heritage Party (WARISAN). He was a member of

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) as well as the

Democratic Action Party The Democratic Action Party (DAP; ) is a social democracy, social democratic and Secularism, secular political party in Malaysia, sitting on the Centre-left politics, centre-left of the political spectrum. As one of four component parties of ...

(DAP), a component party of the

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(PH) and formerly

Pakatan Rakyat Pakatan Rakyat (PR; ) was an informal Malaysian political coalition and successor to Barisan Alternatif (BA). The political coalition was formed by the People's Justice Party (PKR), Democratic Action Party (DAP), and Pan-Malaysian Islamic Par ...

(PR) coalitions. He is also the older brother of Leong Cheok Lung, a candidate for the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kampar in the

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Politics

Leong was expelled from DAP on 19 January 2021 for applying to join the

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(MCA), a component party of the

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(BN) coalition. However, he remained as an independent and did not join any party. On 14 January 2022, he announced that he had joined PBM. On 3 November 2022, he announced that he had left PBM and would participate in the

2022 Perak state election The 2022 Perak state election, formally the 15th Perak state election, took place on 19 November 2022. This election was to elect 59 members of the 15th Perak State Legislative Assembly. The previous assembly was dissolved on 17 October 2022. ...

under

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. In the election, Leong lost his state seat to Bavani Veraiah of PH, garnering only 684 votes and losing his deposit.

Personal life

His younger brother, Leong Cheok Lung is also a politician and has participated in the

2022 Malaysian general election General elections were held in Malaysia on Saturday, 19 November 2022. The prospect of snap elections had been considered high due to the political crisis that had been ongoing since 2020; political instability caused by coalition or party swi ...

, contesting in the Kampar federal seat under WARISAN.

Election result

References

Former Democratic Action Party (Malaysia) politicians Members of the Perak State Legislative Assembly Malaysian politicians of Chinese descent Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Malaysia-politician-stub