Yee Moh Chai () is a Malaysian

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who had served ad the Member of Parliament for Tanjong Aru from 1995 to 2004 and for

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from 2004 to 2008 and was also the Member of

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for Api-Api from 1994 to 2013. He is a member and the Deputy President of

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(

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quota) since 2008.

Early career

He started his career as a doctor. After that, he worked as a lawyer in Dr. Yee & Associates until he was appointed into the Sabah Cabinet.

Politics

Yee is currently one of three Deputy Presidents of

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. Yee made his election debut in the

1994 Sabah state election The 1994 Sabah state election was held between Friday, 18 February and Saturday, 19 February 1994. Nomination day was 7 February 1994. The election was one of the most controversial election in Sabah's political history. The election was won by the ...

for the

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state seat but lost to the President of SAPP,

Yong Teck Lee Yong Teck Lee or also better known as ''Malay titles#Datuk Sri, Datuk Seri Panglima Mr.'' YTL ''(name abbreviation)'' ( zh, t=楊德利, s=杨德利, p=Yáng Délì; born 3 October 1958) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as t ...

. In the

1995 Malaysian general election General elections were held in Malaysia on 24 and 25 April 1995. Voting took place in all 192 parliamentary constituencies of Malaysia, each electing one Member of Parliament to the Dewan Rakyat, the dominant house of Parliament. State elections ...

, he competed for the Tanjong Aru federal seat and was successful to defeat the incumbent, Joseph Voon. He then changed to compete for the Api-Api state seat in the

1999 Sabah state election The 1999 Sabah state election was held between Friday, 12 March and Saturday, 13 March 1999. The election was won by Barisan Nasional increasing the number of seats it won in the 1994 election from 23 to 31. Background The Sabah State Assembly w ...

. Yee was appointed as the Sabah Minister of Resources and Information Technology Development after the

2004 Sabah state election The 2004 Sabah state election was held on Sunday, 21 March 2004, concurrently with the 2004 Malaysian general election. This election featured 12 new state seats increasing the total seats from 48 to 60. There was also an additional three parliamen ...

and was able to secure his post after the 2008 Sabah state election.

Election result

Honours

* : **

Commander of the

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(PGDK) – Datuk (2004) ** MY-SAB Order of Kinabalu - SPDK

Grand Commander of the

(SPDK) – Datuk Seri Panglima (2021)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yee, Moh Chai Place of birth missing (living people) Malaysian Chinese Association politicians United Sabah Party politicians Members of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly Malaysian politicians of Chinese descent Living people 1955 births Grand Commanders of the Order of Kinabalu Commanders of the Order of Kinabalu Malaysian MPs 1995–1999 Malaysian MPs 1999–2004 Malaysian MPs 2004–2008