Leong Cheok Keng

In this Chinese name, the family name is Leong (梁).

Leong Cheok Keng
梁卓经
Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly for Malim Nawar
In office 5 May 2013 – 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Keshvinder Singh Kashmir Singh
Succeeded by	V Bavani @ Shasha
Personal details
Born	Leong Cheok Keng
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	Democratic Action Party (DAP) (–2021) PBM (2021-2022) WARISAN (since 2022)
Other political affiliations	Pakatan Rakyat (–2015) Pakatan Harapan (2015–2021)
Occupation	Politician

Leong Cheok Keng
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	梁卓經
Simplified Chinese	梁卓经
Hanyu Pinyin	Liáng Zhuōjīng
Jyutping	Loeng4 Coek3 Ging1
Hokkien POJ	Niô͘ Tok-keng
Tâi-lô	Niôo Tok-king

Leong Cheok Keng is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly for Malim Nawar from May 2013 until November 2022. Currently he is a member of WARISAN, which he joined on 3 November 2022. He was a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and presently Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalitions. He was also, for a brief period, a member of the Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM), a party aligned with the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.

Politics

He was expelled from DAP on 19 January 2021 for applying to join MCA.[1] However, he stayed as independent and did not join any party. On 14 January 2022, he had announced that he had joined PBM.[2] On 3 November 2022, he had announced that he had quitted PBM and will participate in the 2022 Perak state election under WARISAN.[3] In the election, Leong lost his state seat to Pakatan Harapan candidate V Bavani @ Shasha, garnering only 684 votes and lost his deposit.

Personal life

His younger brother, Leong Cheok Lung is also a politician and has participated in the 2022 Malaysian general election, contesting in the Kampar federal seat under WARISAN.[4]

Election result

Perak State Legislative Assembly[5][6][7]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2013	N40 Malim Nawar		Leong Cheok Keng (DAP)	11,296	60.75%		Chang Gwo Chyang (MCA)	6,953	37.40%	18,593	4,343	75.50%
2018	N41 Malim Nawar		Leong Cheok Keng (DAP)	11,271	64.74%		Chang Gwo Chyang (MCA)	5,189	29.81%	17,409	6,082	75.96%
							Bawani Kaniapan (PSM)	213	1.22%
2022			Leong Cheok Keng (WARISAN)	684	3.67%		V Bavani @ Shasha (DAP)	10,905	58.57%	18,618	7,259	62.68%
							Chin Woon Kheong (MCA)	3,646	19.58%
							Sherry Syed (BERSATU)	3,383	18.17%

References

1. Singh, Manjit Kaur a/p Kundan. "DAP sacks Malim Nawar rep with immediate effect". The Star. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
2. "Malim Nawar assemblyman says joined PBM for party's multiracial idealism". malaysia.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
3. "GE15: Leong Cheok Keng quits PBM, to defend Malim Nawar seat under Warisan". The Star. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
4. Abd Razak Mohd Ali (5 November 2022). "PRU15: Warisan tampil dua beradik bertanding di Kampar". astroawani.com. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
5. "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM - DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI". resultpru13.spr.gov.my. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
6. "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES". Retrieved 10 June 2022.
7. "Keputusan:Pilihan Raya Umum Malaysia Ke-15". Astro Awani. Retrieved 27 November 2022.