Wee Jeck Seng

Dato' Sri Dr. Wee Jeck Seng (Chinese: 黃日昇; pinyin: Huáng Rìshēng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ûiⁿ Ji̍t-seng; born 20 April 1964) is a Malaysian politician. He is a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition which is aligned with the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition who has served as Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities I in the PN administration under Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Minister Khairuddin Razali since March 2020 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Tanjung Piai since November 2019 after the death of Mohamed Farid Md Rafik and from March 2008 to May 2018.[1] He served as Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports in the BN administration under former Prime Ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak as well as former Ministers Ismail Sabri Yaakob and Ahmad Shabery Cheek from March 2008 to his defeat in the 2010 MCA leadership election in June 2010 and Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pekan Nanas from March 2004 to March 2008.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wee (黃).
Yang Berhormat Dato' Sri Dr.

Wee Jeck Seng

SSAP DMSM MP
黄日昇
Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities I
Assumed office
10 March 2020
Serving with Willie Mongin
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
MinisterMohd Khairuddin Aman Razali
Preceded byShamsul Iskandar Md. Akin as Deputy Minister of Primary Industries
ConstituencyTanjung Piai
Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports
In office
19 March 2008 – 4 June 2010
Serving with Razali Ibrahim (2009–2010)
MonarchMizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
Najib Razak
MinisterIsmail Sabri Yaakob (2008–2009)
Ahmad Shabery Cheek (2009–2010)
Preceded byLiow Tiong Lai
Succeeded byGan Ping Sieu
ConstituencyTanjong Piai
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Tanjung Piai
Assumed office
16 November 2019
Preceded byMohamed Farid Md Rafik (BERSATU–PH)
Majority15,086 (2019)
In office
8 March 2008 – 9 May 2018
Preceded byOng Ka Ting (MCA–BN)
Succeeded byMohamed Farid Md Rafik (BERSATU–PH)
Majority12,371 (2008)
5,457 (2013)
Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly
for Pekan Nanas
In office
21 March 2004 – 8 March 2008
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byTang Nai Soon (MCA–BN)
Majority11,162 (2004)
Personal details
Born (1964-04-20) 20 April 1964
Pontian Kechil, Pontian, Johor, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Nationality Malaysia
Political partyMalaysian Chinese Association (MCA)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
Spouse(s)Lin Ruyun
Alma materUniversity of Sunderland
Northern University of Malaysia
OccupationPolitician
Websiteybweejeckseng.blogspot.com
Wee Jeck Seng on Facebook
Wee Jeck Seng
Traditional Chinese黃日昇
Simplified Chinese黄日升

Background

Wee was born on 20 April 1964 at his hometown in Pontian, Johor. He is married to Lin Ruyun. He graduated with Bachelor of Business Management from the University of Sunderland.[2][3] Wee received his Doctorate in Public Management from Universiti Utara Malaysia in 2019.[4]

Political career

Wee was first elected as member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly for Pekan Nanas constituency for one term from 2004 to 2008.[5] Prior to Wee's election, he was MCA president Ong Ka Ting's political secretary.[6] Wee was elected to federal Parliament in the 2008 general election for the seat of Tanjong Piai.[7] Wee was nominated for the seat by the MCA after it was vacated by Ong to contest the Kulai seat.

Immediately after his election to the Dewan Rakyat, Parliament in 2008, Wee was appointed as a Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports in the government of prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.[8] He retained his appointment when incoming prime minister Najib Razak reshuffled the ministry in April 2009.[9] However, he was dropped from the ministry in June 2010 following MCA leadership elections.[10]

Wee won and retained his Tanjong Piai parliamentary seat in the 2013 general election but lost his parliamentary seat to Mohamed Farid Md Rafik from the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) of Pakatan Harapan (PH) in the 2018 general election.[11][4]

In November 2019, Wee managed to return as an opposition MP for Tanjung Piai after he was chosen by the BN as their candidate again to contest the 2019 Tanjung Piai by-election set-upon by the sudden death of incumbent Mohamed Farid[4] and won the six-cornered polls with a landslide majority of 15,086 votes.[12][13]

Controversy

In the 2019 Tanjung Piai by-election campaigning time where Wee was a candidate then, he was accused of wasting public funds recklessly during his term as Labuan Port Authority (LPA) chairman from 2017 to 2018 by his successor Chan Foong Hin.[14][15] It was disclosed under Wee, the LPA had committed to a three-year tenancy for an office at Menara UOA, in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur which was never occupied that would amount to RM526,836.96 and had splurged on its renovations included a high-tech toilet with auto/smart toilet bowl, in which the bill came up to RM343,180.50.[16][17]

Election results
Johor State Legislative Assembly[7]
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2004 N55 Pekan Nenas, P165 Tanjong Piai Wee Jeck Seng (MCA) 15,395 75.80% Tan Hang Meng (DAP) 4,233 20.84% 20,309 11,162 76.33%
Parliament of Malaysia[7][18][19][20]
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2008 P165 Tanjung Piai, Johor Wee Jeck Seng (MCA) 23,302 65.52% Ahmad Ton (DAP) 10,931 30.74% 35,564 12,371 77.82%
2013 Wee Jeck Seng (MCA) 25,038 54.88% Mahdzir Ibrahim (DAP) 19,581 42.92% 45,622 5,457 87.90%
2018 Wee Jeck Seng (MCA) 20,731 46.12% Md Farid Md Rafik (BERSATU) 21,255 47.29% 45,858 524 85.67%
Nordin Othman (PAS) 2,962 6.59%
2019 Wee Jeck Seng (MCA) 25,486 65.60% Karmaine Sardini (BERSATU) 10,380 26.74% 38,815 15,086 74.43%
Wendy Subramaniam (GERAKAN) 1,707 4.40%
Badhrulhisham Abd Aziz (BERJASA) 850 2.19%
Ang Chuan Lock (IND) 380 0.98%
Faridah Aryani Abd Ghaffar (IND) 32 0.08%

Honours

References
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  14. "BN's Tanjung Piai candidate wasted public funds, says Labuan Port chairman". Free Malaysia Today. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  15. "Don't ask about LPA, focus on by-election - Wee Jeck Seng". Malaysiakini. Malaysians Must Know The Truth. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
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