Ngeh Koo Ham

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Ngeh (倪).
Malaysian Parliament
for Beruas
Assumed office
8 March 2008
Preceded byLim Keng Yaik
(BN–GERAKAN)
Majority1,828 (2008)
5,057 (2013)
27,954 (2018)
33,971 (2022)
Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly
for Sitiawan
In office
21 March 2004 – 9 May 2018
Preceded byHu Chan You
(BA–DAP)
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Majority5,137 (2004)
8,529 (2008)
11,820 (2013)
Exco roles (Perak)
2008–2009Chairman of the Infrastructure, Public Utilities, Energy, Water and Non-Muslim Affairs
Personal details
Born
Ngeh Koo Ham

(1961-09-29) 29 September 1961 (age 62)
Universiti Malaya
OccupationPolitician
Profession
  • Advocate
  • solicitor
Websitengehkooham.blogspot.com

Malaysian politician, advocate and solicitor who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Beruas since March 2008. He served as Speaker of the Perak State Legislative Assembly from July 2018 to May 2020, Member of the Perak State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) administration under former Menteri Besar Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin from March 2008 to the collapse of the PR administration in February 2009 and Member of the Assembly (MLA) for Sitiawan from March 2004 to May 2018. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly PR, Barisan Alternatif (BA) and Gagasan Rakyat (GR) coalitions. He was also Deputy Secretary-General of DAP, Member of the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of DAP and State Chairman of DAP of Perak
.

Personal life

A native of

Universiti Malaya where he obtained a Bachelor of Laws
. He has also served on the Local Church Executive Council (LCEC) of the Ayer Tawar Chinese Methodist Church (ATCMC) and provided legal counsel to the Methodist Church in Malaysia. He is a regular communicant member of ATCMC where he often also provides translation during Sunday worship.

He married Cheok Foong Ling from Setiawan in 1992. They have three children.

Education

Ngeh attended the Methodist English School, Ayer Tawar; Sekolah Menengah Jenis Kebangsaan (SMJK) Shyr Tien, Ayer Tawar; and the (Methodist) Anglo-Chinese School,

Universiti Malaya in Bachelor of Laws
.

Professional career

Ngeh practised as a lawyer with Nga Hock Cheh and Co. (no relation) in Sitiawan before starting his own law firm, Ngeh and Co, which is headquartered in Ayer Tawar, with branches in Ipoh, Perak and Kuala Lumpur.

In one of his more famous cases during his legal career, Ngeh Koo Ham represented Sitiawan businessman Yong Kon Fatt, who was sued by

Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd (IWK) in January 2005 for refusing to pay RM1,074 for sewerage services purportedly provided to his house at Taman Samudera in Lumut. The High Court sitting in Ipoh ruled that 'those who have made payments to IWK but had not received any sewerage services could demand refunds'.[1]

Political career

In DAP, Ngeh has been the party's chairperson in Perak since 2000 until 2014, when the post changed hands to Nga Kor Ming, his cousin.[2][3]

Ngeh first stood in the

Ipoh Timor parliamentary seat and Pasir Pinji
state seat in Perak.

Ngeh begun to be a state assemblyman for

Sultan Azlan Shah, to appoint Ngeh as the non-Malay, non-Muslim Chief Minister. They listed three candidates, the other two being Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin and Mohd Radzi from PKR. Finally the Sultan rejected Ngeh and wanted to appoint a Malay who is a professional. All of the Malay state assemblymen in PKR have only Form 5 (Secondary school year 5) qualification. Thus Mohammad Nizar, being an engineer and carrying the highest position in PAS among the Perak PAS state assemblymen, became the new Chief Minister.[5] Ngeh was appointed to the state executive committee as senior state executive councillor, with the portfolios of Infrastructure and Public Amenities; Energy and Water; and Non-Muslim Affairs during the short-lived state government was led by PR from March 2008 to May 2009, which the PR state government had collapsed due to the 2009 Perak political crisis.[6]

In the 2008 and 2013 general elections, Ngeh also contested and won the Beruas parliamentary seat to become the Beruas MP and Sitiawan state assemblyman concurrently. In the

2020 political crisis.[9] As MP for Beruas, he called for the appointment of non Muslims experts to the committee reviewing the power of shariah courts.[10]

Controversies and issues

Anti-Islam remarks

In 2012, Ngeh drew flak with remarks over the "Innocence of Muslims" film which insulted Muhammad and Islam. Ngeh had allegedly tweeted: "Khairy wants Muslim protest against Sam Bacile. For Islam or for his political gains? Are Muslims wasting too much time and energy on this?"[11] Ngeh apologised after it received widespread criticisms from Muslims and had the post removed.[12]

Acceptance of Perak state Datukship award and title

In April 2008,

Dato'.[13] He is the first actively serving DAP politician to be conferred (and accepted) a Malaysian chivalrous title. Later in 2012, DAP chairman Karpal Singh had rebuked Ngeh and Teng Chang Khim on their acceptance "Datukship" awards of Perak in 2008 and Selangor in 2010 respectively; which had breached the party's long-standing principal agreed upon since the mid-1990s on DAP elected representatives receiving awards during their active political service.[14] Ngeh had claimed that the party's CEC had discussed and consented to the award that was conferred upon him.[15]

Fire at his house

On January 10, 2024, a fire broke out at Ngeh's house at around 3 in the morning.[16] The fire greatly damaged the garage ceiling, roof and one of his cars, while slightly damaging 2 other cars. The fire is believed to have been caused by a Molotov cocktail thrown into his house as an arson attack. Police are currently investigating this incident.[17]

Election results

Perak State Legislative Assembly[18][19][20]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
1999 N24 Pasir Pinji Ngeh Koo Ham (
DAP
) 		7,849 46.11% Chan Kam (MCA) 8,868 52.10% 17,022 1,019 65.95%
2004 N50 Sitiawan Ngeh Koo Ham (
DAP
) 		9,874 54.92% Ling Mee Lin (MCA) 4,737 26.35% 17,980 5,137 65.81%
2008 Ngeh Koo Ham (
DAP
) 		12,381 74.38% Ding Siew Chee (MCA) 3,852 23.12% 16,645 8,529 70.43%
2013 Ngeh Koo Ham (
DAP
) 		17,292 74.75% Ting Tai Fook (MCA) 5,472 23.66% 23,133 11,820 81.00%
Parliament of Malaysia[18][19][20]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
1990 P062 Beruas Ngeh Koo Ham (
DAP
) 		13,026 46.99% Lim Keng Yaik (Gerakan) 13,889 50.11% 27,718 863 71.38%
1995 P063 Batu Gajah Ngeh Koo Ham (
DAP
) 		18,576 46.32% Yeong Chee Wah (MCA) 20,155 50.25% 40,110 1,579 68.63%
1999 P061
Ipoh Timor
 		Ngeh Koo Ham (
DAP
) 		23,146 45.90% Thong Fah Chong (MCA) 25,273 50.12% 50,422 2,127 64.73%
Mohd Yusoff Omar (MDP) 427 0.85%
2008 P068 Beruas Ngeh Koo Ham (
DAP
) 		15,831 51.36% Chang Ko Youn (Gerakan) 14,003 45.43% 30,821 1,828 71.22%
2013 Ngeh Koo Ham (
DAP
) 		21,939 56.51% Chang Ko Youn (Gerakan) 16,882 43.49% 39,586 5,057 80.45%
2018 Ngeh Koo Ham (
DAP
) 		41,231 68.01% Pang Chok King (Gerakan) 13,277 21.90% 60,267 27,954 75.98%
Md Nazeer KM Hamid (
PAS
) 		5,759 9.50%
2022 Ngeh Koo Ham (
DAP
) 		46,710 64.72% Ong Kean Sing (Gerakan) 12,739 17.65% 72,173 33,971 66.17%
Ding Siew Chee (MCA) 12,724 17.63%

Honour and award

References

  1. ^ Prove, to collect, Property Times, 17 April 2004. Archived 11 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ LOOI, SYLVIA (15 December 2008). "Ngeh retains top post, Kula gets most votes at Perak DAP convention". The Star. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Kula's camp routed in Perak DAP polls". Malaysiakini. 14 November 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  4. ^ "DAP report Malaysia". 12 May 2008. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2008.
  5. ^ "Nizar is new Perak MB". Malaysiakini. 12 March 2008. Archived from the original on 13 March 2008. Retrieved 13 March 2008.
  6. The Star Online
    . Retrieved 31 March 2008.
  7. ^ "Dato' Ngeh Koo Ham Appointed Perak State Assembly Speaker: 3 July 2018". Corporate, SUK Perak. Perak State Government. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  8. ^ SHAMSUL KAMAL AMARUDIN and ZAHRATULHAYAT MAT ARIF (3 July 2018). "Ngeh Koo Ham new Perak state Speaker". www.nst.com.my. New Straits Times. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  9. The Star Online
    . Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Keep the non-Muslims out: Umno calls Beruas MP's Shariah Court panel proposal 'out of touch' [NSTTV]".
  11. ^ "Ngeh draws flak with remarks over anti-Islam film". The Star (Malaysia). Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  12. ^ "Umno has doubts over Ngeh's apology to Muslims". The Star (Malaysia). Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  13. ^ a b "Chief Justice heads Perak honours list". New Straits Times. 19 April 2008. Archived from the original on 10 June 2008.
  14. The Star Online
    . 24 December 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  15. The Star Online
    . 24 December 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  16. ^ "Fire breaks out at Beruas MPs home, three cars damaged". The Star. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  17. ^ "Cops tracking down person behind Molotov cocktail fire at Beruas MP's house". The Star. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  18. ^ a b "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 11 July 2010. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  19. ^ a b "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
  20. ^ a b "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 5 May 2013. Results only available for the 2013 election.

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