Tony Pua Kiam Wee is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Damansara from May 2018 to November 2022, for Petaling Jaya Utara from March 2008 to May 2018 and Political Secretary to the Minister of Finance from May 2018 to February 2020.
23 Facts About Tony Pua
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Tony Pua is a member of the Democratic Action Party, a component party of presently the Pakatan Harapan and formerly Pakatan Rakyat coalitions.
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Tony Pua has served as Policy Advisor to the Secretary-General of DAP since May 2022.
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Tony Pua graduated from Keble College, Oxford with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics under a scholarship from the MTC Foundation in 1994.
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Tony Pua ran against the incumbent, Chew Mei Fun, then Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development, and Deputy Women Chief of the Malaysian Chinese Association.
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In 2009, Tony Pua was appointed the DAP member of the Pakatan Rakyat committee.
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Tony Pua retained his parliamentary seat in 2018 general election with a majority of 106,903, the largest majority in Malaysian history.
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Tony Pua attended a secondary school in Singapore on an ASEAN scholarship from the Singaporean government.
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Tony Pua then went to Oxford University, England, where he studied philosophy, politics and economics at Keble College on an MTC Foundation scholarship.
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On 9 November 2008, Tony Pua was arrested during a candlelight vigil in Petaling Jaya to commemorate the first anniversary of the Bersih street demonstration.
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Tony Pua was released on police bail on the morning of 10 November 2008 and was later charged for illegal assembly.
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On 10 August 2010, Tony Pua received a live 5.56mm bullet along with a threatening note that were mailed to his constituency service centre.
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On 28 January 2011, Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor filed a lawsuit against Tony Pua claiming he had permitted Nanyang Siang Pau's Metro edition to publish words defamatory of it.
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Tony Pua argued that Syabas, as a public authority performing a public service, had no locus standi in making a defamation claim.
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Tony Pua said he had a legal, moral and social duty as an MP and a member of the Selangor government Water Review Panel to publish those words and that the public had a right to know.
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Tony Pua later stated on his blog that he maintains "that the above statement is not defamatory, and will instruct my lawyers to file an appeal in the Court of Appeal".
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On 7 July 2012, Tony Pua posted on his blog that although an appeal was underway, he was required to pay the amount of RM200,000 to SYABAS by 16 July 2012.
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In 2012, Tony Pua suggested that the Bumiputera discount for housing and real estate must be abolished for houses above RM500,000.
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Tony Pua disagreed with giving discounts on expensive houses such as those priced at or above RM 1 million.
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In one of his statements, Tony Pua said the government should reduce the number of civil servants.
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Tony Pua's idea was rejected by PKR leader Anwar Ibrahim as impractical.
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Tony Pua said he wants to make the government sector become more efficient and less costly.
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Tony Pua was invited by the organizers of the recent startup acceleration program held at Dewan Sivik.