Petaling Jaya Utara member of parliament Tony Pua has been appointed Selangor DAP chief taking over from Teresa Kok, the former Kinrara state assembly person.
PETALING JAYA: Petaling Jaya Utara member of parliament (MP) Tony Pua is the new Selangor DAP chief, while Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo will be his deputy.
The appointment follows the win of the two MPs at the Selangor DAP elections held here today. A total 687 delegates to the elections elected 15 leaders to helm the state DAP and the elected leaders made appointments to the posts based on consensus.
Although Pua did not come first among the 15 candidates, he was chosen based on consensus of the newly elected state DAP committee.
“It is a position that I accept with humility, due to the heavy and challenging responsibility. I come in at a time when DAP has won every seat it contested in Selangor, so I have to maintain my predecessor’s record and not tarnish the image,” said Pua, who obtained 422 votes at the polls.
Selangor state assembly speaker Tricia Yeoh and Teng Chang Kim (358 votes) are the two new vice-chairman.
Ean Yong Hian Wah and Ng Suee Lim maintained their positions as secretary and assistant secretary respectively. Newcomer Ng Sze Han, the present Kinrara assemblyman, is now the new treasurer, taking over Yeoh’s previous post.
Lau Weng San kept his post as organisational secretary, while new face Philip Tan, the Teluk Datu state assemblyman, and Ganabatirau are the assistant organisational secretaries.
Ronnie Liu is the new publicity secretary and Lee Kee Hiong is the director of the education and politics bureau.
Yeoh garnered the most votes with 495 followed by Gobind with 491. V Ganabatirau, a former Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leader came in third with 451 votes.
All those who were elected last term retained their seats this time around with the only change being Kok and now Kulai MP Teo Nie Ching. Kok maintained her Seputeh seat at the last general election and did not contest the Kinrara state seat in Selangor.
Teo on the other hand was ‘tranferred’ from the Serdang parliamentary constituency to Kulai at the May general election.
Lee Kee Hiong (362 votes) and Ganabatirau were previously appointed to the DAP state committee, but contested and won seats this time around, replacing the two.
The newly elected committee also appointed for additional members in — Ong Kian Ming, Rajiv Rishyakaran, Yeo Bee Yin and Eddie Ng Tian Chee;
1. Charles Santiago
2. Ean Yong Hian Wah
3. V. Ganabatirau
4. Gobind Singh
5. T. Kannan
6. Lau Weng San
7. Lee Ka Hiong
8. Ng Suee Lim
9. Ng Sze Han
10. Philip Tan Choon Swee
11. Ronnie Liu
12. Tiew Way Keng
13. Tony Pua
14. Hannah Yeoh
15. Teng Chang Khim
PETALING JAYA: Petaling Jaya Utara member of parliament (MP) Tony Pua is the new Selangor DAP chief, while Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo will be his deputy.The appointment follows the win of the two MPs at the Selangor DAP elections held here today. A total 687 delegates to the elections elected 15 leaders to helm the state DAP and the elected leaders made appointments to the posts based on consensus.
Although Pua did not come first among the 15 candidates, he was chosen based on consensus of the newly elected state DAP committee.
“It is a position that I accept with humility, due to the heavy and challenging responsibility. I come in at a time when DAP has won every seat it contested in Selangor, so I have to maintain my predecessor’s record and not tarnish the image,” said Pua, who obtained 422 votes at the polls.
Selangor state assembly speaker Tricia Yeoh and Teng Chang Kim (358 votes) are the two new vice-chairman.
Ean Yong Hian Wah and Ng Suee Lim maintained their positions as secretary and assistant secretary respectively. Newcomer Ng Sze Han, the present Kinrara assemblyman, is now the new treasurer, taking over Yeoh’s previous post.
Lau Weng San kept his post as organisational secretary, while new face Philip Tan, the Teluk Datu state assemblyman, and Ganabatirau are the assistant organisational secretaries.
Ronnie Liu is the new publicity secretary and Lee Kee Hiong is the director of the education and politics bureau.
Yeoh garnered the most votes with 495 followed by Gobind with 491. V Ganabatirau, a former Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leader came in third with 451 votes.
All those who were elected last term retained their seats this time around with the only change being Kok and now Kulai MP Teo Nie Ching. Kok maintained her Seputeh seat at the last general election and did not contest the Kinrara state seat in Selangor.
Teo on the other hand was ‘tranferred’ from the Serdang parliamentary constituency to Kulai at the May general election.
Lee Kee Hiong (362 votes) and Ganabatirau were previously appointed to the DAP state committee, but contested and won seats this time around, replacing the two.
The newly elected committee also appointed for additional members in — Ong Kian Ming, Rajiv Rishyakaran, Yeo Bee Yin and Eddie Ng Tian Chee;
1. Charles Santiago
2. Ean Yong Hian Wah
3. V. Ganabatirau
4. Gobind Singh
5. T. Kannan
6. Lau Weng San
7. Lee Ka Hiong
8. Ng Suee Lim
9. Ng Sze Han
10. Philip Tan Choon Swee
11. Ronnie Liu
12. Tiew Way Keng
13. Tony Pua
14. Hannah Yeoh
15. Teng Chang Khim
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