Lim Lip Eng (; born 25 July 1972) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for

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since May 2018. He served as the MP for

Segambut Segambut is a sub-district in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The federal constituency represented in the Dewan Rakyat is Segambut (federal constituency). From the high-end condominiums of Mont Kiara and Sri Hartamas to the middle-class areas of Tam ...

from March 2008 to May 2018. He is a member and Secretary of

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of the

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(DAP), a component party of the

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(PH) and formerly

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(PR) coalitions.

Early career

Lim is a lawyer by profession.

Political career

Lim was first elected to Parliament in the 2008 election winning the seat of Segambut from the governing

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(BN) coalition. Segambut had previously been considered as a BN stronghold. The election saw urban Chinese and Indian voters swarm to the DAP and its coalition allies; however, given the large minority of Malay voters in Segambut, Lim's victory was also attributable to a sizeable number of Muslim Malays in the constituency backing the DAP, a secular party with few Malay members or politicians. In the 2013 election he re-elected to the Segambut seat for second term. In the 2018 election Lim switched to Kepong constituency and won the seat by an extremely large majority and percentage of total votes. He retained the seat in the 2022 election with a slightly smaller majority and percentage of total votes.

Controversies

Lim Lip Eng was engulfed with a major controversy in August 2019 after suggesting that the implementation of Malay Khat

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into school children syllabus as rubbing "cow manure on our faces". After severe backlash he apologized and deleted the post from

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Election results

Honours

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MY Pingat Pertabalan Yang di-Pertuan Agong XVII ribbon

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lim, Lip Eng 1972 births Living people Democratic Action Party (Malaysia) politicians Kuala Lumpur politicians Malaysian Christians 20th-century Malaysian lawyers Malaysian politicians of Chinese descent Malaysian people of Hokkien descent 21st-century Malaysian lawyers Malaysian MPs 2008–2013 Malaysian MPs 2013–2018 Malaysian MPs 2018–2022 Malaysian MPs 2022–