Leng Chau Yen (Chinese: 林朝雁; pinyin: Lín Cháoyàn; born 14 November 1984) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Deputy Member of the Malacca State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Chief Minister Ab Rauf Yusoh and Member Kalsom Noordin since April 2023 as well as Member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bandar Hilir since November 2021. She is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. She has served as State Vice Chairperson of the DAP of Malacca since January 2022 and Women Chief of DAP of Kota Melaka since 2020. She is presently one of the only two Melaka Deputy EXCO Members of PH and DAP along with Low Chee Leong and the sole female Malacca MLA of PH and DAP. She also served as the State Publicity Secretary of DAP of Malacca from 2018 to her promotion to the vice chairpersonship in 2022, Political Secretary and Special Officer to former Malacca EXCO Member and Bandar Hilir MLA Tey Kok Kiew from 2013 to 2021, Division Youth Publicity Secretary of DAP of Kota Melaka in 2014, Division Youth Secretary of DAP of Kota Melaka from 2015 to 2016, Branch Secretary of the DAP of Kampung Hilir from 2014 to 2016, State Assistant Secretary of DAP of Malacca from 2016 to 2018, State Women Secretary of DAP of Malacca from 2017 to 2019 and State Youth Vice Chief of DAP of Malacca from 2017 to 2019.[1]
Leng Chau Yen | |
|---|---|
林朝雁 | |
| Deputy Member of the Malacca State Executive Council (Women, Family and Community Development) | |
| Assumed office 6 April 2023 | |
| Governor | Mohd Ali Rustam |
| Chief Minister | Ab Rauf Yusoh |
| Member | Kalsom Noordin |
| Constituency | Bandar Hilir |
| Member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly for Bandar Hilir | |
| Assumed office 20 November 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Tey Kok Kiew (PH–DAP) |
| Majority | 7,778 (2021) |
| State Vice Chairperson of the Democratic Action Party of Melaka | |
| Assumed office 25 January 2022 | |
| Secretary-General | Lim Guan Eng (2022) Anthony Loke Siew Fook (since 2022) |
| State Chairman | Damian Yeo Shen Li (2022–2023) Tey Kok Kiew (2023–2024) Khoo Poay Tiong (since 2024) |
| Faction represented in the Malacca State Legislative Assembly | |
| 2021– | Pakatan Harapan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Leng Chau Yen 14 November 1984 Malacca, Malaysia |
| Citizenship |  Malaysia |
| Political party |  Democratic Action Party (DAP) |
| Other political affiliations |  Pakatan Harapan (PH) |
| Spouse |
Teh Chean Loong (m. 2011) |
| Alma mater | New Era University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Leng Chau Yen on Facebook | |
Political career
editMember of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly (since 2021)
editIn the 2021 Malacca state election, Leng made her electoral debut after being nominated by PH to contest for the Bandar Hilir state seat, taking over Melaka DAP Chairman Tey Kok Kiew who switched to the Bemban state seat. She won the seat and was elected to the Melaka State Legislative Assembly as the Bandar Hilir MLA for the first term after defeating Lee Kah Sean of BN, Clarice Chan Ming Wang of Perikatan Nasional (PN) and independent candidate Mak Chee Kin by a majority of 7,778 votes.
State Vice Chairperson of the Democratic Action Party of Malacca (since 2022)
editOn 25 January 2022, she was appointed as State Vice Chairperson of DAP of Malacca.[2]
Deputy Member of the Malacca State Executive Council (since 2023)
editOn 6 April 2023, Leng was appointed by Chief Minister Ab Rauf as the Deputy EXCO Member in charge of Women, Family and Community Development, deputising for EXCO Member Kalsom Noordin.
Election results
edit| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | N21 Bandar Hilir | Leng Chau Yen (DAP) | 9,091 | 81.19% | Lee Kah Sean (MCA) | 1,313 | 11.72% | 11,197 | 7,778 | 57.55% | ||
| Clarice Chan Ming Wang (GERAKAN) | 634 | 5.66% | ||||||||||
| Mak Chee Kin (IND) | 159 | 1.42% | ||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Leng Chau Yen". Sinar Harian (in Malay). Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "Jawatankuasa Negeri Melaka 2021-2024". DAP. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
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