Edmund Chong Ket Wah

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chong (蒋).
Yang Berbahagia Datuk Ir.
Edmund Chong Ket Wah
PGDK
蒋国华
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Batu Sapi, Sabah
In office
2004–2010
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byLinda Tsen Thau Lin
Personal details
Born
Chong Ket Wah @ Chong Ket Fah

(1956-04-09)9 April 1956
Sandakan, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
Died9 October 2010(2010-10-09) (aged 54)
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Sabah Party
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional
SpouseLinda Tsen Thau Lin
Children1 son and 3 daughters
OccupationPolitician

Datuk Ir. Edmund Chong Ket Wah (simplified Chinese: 蒋国华; traditional Chinese: 蔣國華; pinyin: Jiǎng Guóhuà; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chióng Koet-fà) (9 April 1956 – 9 October 2010), born in Sandakan, Sabah was a Malaysian politician. He was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Batu Sapi constituency in Sabah, representing the United Sabah Party (PBS) in the governing Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition until his sudden death.[1] He also held the post of treasurer-general and the Elopura division chief in PBS.

Chong was first elected to Parliament by winning the seat of Batu Sapi, a new seat that was created following a re-delineation exercise and was first contested in 2004 election unopposed after his opponent withdrew.[2] Before entering federal parliament, he served on the municipal council of Sandakan.[3] In the 2008 election, he retained his seat by defeating independent candidate Chung Kwong Wing with an overwhelming 3708 majority by polling 9479 votes.

He was a qualified Mechanical Engineer and a Consultant Engineer by profession.[4] He was also the Sabah Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board chairman.[5] He died at the age of 54 in a road accident when his 750cc motorcycle collided with a car along the Sembulan-Tanjung Aru road in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah on 9 October 2010.[6][7]

Chong sudden demise had triggered the 2010 Batu Sapi by-election on 4 November 2010, the 13th by election after the 2008 Malaysian general election. His widow Datin Linda Tsen Thau Lin was chosen as BN candidate and successfully defended the seat he had held when he was alive.

  1. ^ "Edmund Chong Ket Wah @ Chong Ket Fah, Y.B. Datuk Ir" (in Malay). Parliament of Malaysia. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
  2. ^ "Who those early birds were". Daily Express (Malaysia). 20 March 2004. Archived from the original on 21 June 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
  3. ^ "Untimely Death Halts Chong's Rise in Politics". Bernama. 9 October 2010. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  4. ^ "Profile: Hon. Mr Edmund Chong Ket Wah MP". Parti Bersatu Sabah. Archived from the original on 20 April 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
  5. ^ "Biodata Pengerusi LPKP Sabah". Lembaga Pelesenan Kenderaan Perdagangan Negeri Sabah. Archived from the original on 8 September 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  6. ^ Vanar, Muguntan (9 October 2010). "Batu Sapi MP Edmund Chong dies in road accident". The Star. Archived from the original on 11 October 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  7. ^ "Batu Sapi MP dies in road accident". The Malaysian Insider. 9 October 2010. Archived from the original on 10 October 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.