Terence Naidu (born 15 September 1968) is a Malaysian

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and

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who served as Member of the

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(MLA) for Pasir Bedamar from May 2013 to November 2022. He is a member 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.

Prior to political career (before 2013)

He hailed from the state of Perak. He was a career lawyer and a graduate from the University of Wolverhampton (Bachelor of Laws 1992) who finished his Certificate of Legal Practise in 1994. He was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor (High Court of Malaya) in 1995 and further received his Diploma in the field of Syariah Law (International Islamic University).

Political career (2013–present)

He was seen as the underdog when he first contested the 2013 general election on a DAP ticket in the state seat of Pasir Bedamar in the federal seat of

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against then President of the People's Progressive Party (myPPP)

M. Kayveas M. Kayveas (; born 29 April 1954) is a Malaysian politician. He was also the president of the People's Progressive Party (MyPPP) and formerly a special advisor to the former minister of transport Liow Tiong Lai. He was formerly a deputy min ...

. He went on to win the state seat by garnering 18,860 votes with a majority of 13,037 against the Kayveas who only garnered 5,823 votes. He was renominated by DAP to defend the Pasir Bedamar state seat in the 2018 general election and went on to successfully defend it by defeating his opponents Kong Sun Chin (Branch Deputy Chairman of the

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(MCA) of Teluk Intan) and S. Kumaresan (

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(PAS)) . He secured 19,480 votes against Kong (4,960 votes) and Kumaresan (939 votes). Terence is also a member of the state executive committee (EXCO) of DAP of Perak after being named as a co-opted EXCO member in the Perak DAP state party convention on 14 October 2018.

Controversies

Not paying summons

He successfully defended a landmark case against himself brought against him by The Municipal Council of

when they charged him with Clause 20(1) of the Hilir Perak District Council's Road Transport Order (Parking Bylaw) 1997 for not paying his summons. He was found to have parked his car without feeding the parking meter. His argument was ruled in his favour by Majistrate D. Sunita Kaur Jessy when he argued that it was due to a faulty meter which did not register his payment and no receipt was issued by the attendants responsible for it. The ruling meant that unregistered payment through faulty meters can also be found accordingly.

Drug usage

On 13 January 2022, he was arrested and detained by the police for testing positive for illegal substances in a nightclub in Penang. He was later released from custody a day after he was detained. On 20 April 2022, he was charged for consuming

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Election results

References

{{authority control 1968 births Living people 20th-century Malaysian lawyers Democratic Action Party (Malaysia) politicians Members of the Perak State Legislative Assembly Alumni of the University of Wolverhampton International Islamic University Malaysia alumni 21st-century Malaysian lawyers Malaysian politicians of Indian descent