Yang Berhormat Tuan
Woo Kah Leong
MLA
吴家良
Member of the
Perak State Executive Council
(Domestic Trade, Cooperatives, Consumer Affairs & Chinese New Villages : since 23 November 2022)[note 1]
Assumed office
22 November 2022
MonarchNazrin Shah
Menteri BesarSaarani Mohamad
Preceded byAbdul Yunus Jamahri
(Domestic Trade & Consumer Affairs)
Zainol Fadzi Paharudin
(Cooperatives)
Portfolio established
(Chinese New Villages)
ConstituencyPasir Bedamar
Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly
for Pasir Bedamar
Assumed office
19 November 2022
Preceded byTerence Naidu
(PH–DAP)
Majority17,446 (2022)
Personal details
Born
Woo Kah Leong

1991 (age 32–33)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyDemocratic Action Party (DAP)
Other political
affiliations		Pakatan Harapan (PH)
OccupationPolitician, lawyer
Woo Kah Leong
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese吳家良
Simplified Chinese吴家良

Woo Kah Leong simplified Chinese: 吴家良; traditional Chinese: 吳家良; pinyin: Wú Jiā Liáng; born 1991) is a Malaysian politician who has been amember of the Perak State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Menteri Besar Saarani Mohamad[1] and Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pasir Bedamar since November 2022. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He is also presently the youngest Perak EXCO Member and the Youth Publicity Secretary of DAP or known as the Publicity Secretary of the Youth Wing of DAP namely the DAP Socialist Youth (DAPSY).[2]

Background

Woo was born in the Kampong Baru Pasir Bedamar, Teluk Intan, Perak in year 1991. He attended his secondary school in SMJK San Min, Teluk Intan, and continued his tertiary study at the University of Malaya for the course of Bachelor of Law (LLB.). Upon the completion of his study, Woo worked as a Legal Associate at the A M Ong & Partners before stepping into the political arena.

Political career

Member of the Perak State Executive Council (since 2022)

The 2022 Perak state election elected a hung assembly. Barisan Nasional (BN) later returned to power by forming a coalition state government with PH. Following that, Kota Tampan MLA Saarani of BN was reappointed as the Menteri Besar. Woo was appointed as the Perak EXCO Member in charge of Domestic Trade, Consumer Affairs, Cooperatives and Chinese New Villages by Menteri Besar Saarani.

Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (since 2022)

2022 Perak state election

In the 2022 Perak state election, Woo made his electoral debut after being nominated by PH to contest for the Pasir Bedamar state seat. Woo won the seat and was elected to the Perak State Legislative Assembly as the Pasir Bedamar MLA after defeating Kong Sun Chin of BN and Suriyanarayanan Sannasy Naidu of Perikatan Nasional (PN) by a majority of 17,446 votes.

Election results

Perak State Legislative Assembly[3]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2022 N55 Pasir Bedamar Woo Kah Leong (DAP) 21,061 76.64% Kong Sun Chin (MCA) 3,615 13.16% 27,479 17,446 70.25%
Suriyanarayanan Sannasy Naidu (PAS) 2,803 10.20%

Notes

  1. ↑ Assumed portfolios on 23 November 2022.

References

  1. ↑ NOR, LUQMAN RIDHWAN MOHAMED (2023-05-22). "33 ADUN Kerajaan Perpaduan Perak komited sokong kestabilan negeri". Kosmo Digital (in Malay). Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  2. ↑ "WOO KAH LEONG". Sinar Harian. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Negeri Perak ke-15". Retrieved 14 July 2023.
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