Chong Sin Woon – Wiki, Bio, Age, Wife, Net Worth

In 2017, Chong has apologised for his insensitive ‘tokong’ or ‘deity-like’ remarks and jibe he had made over Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng in his speech during the 64th MCA general assembly amid Penang’s devastating floods situation.

In 14th Malaysian general election, Chong contested for the Seremban parliamentary seat against the incumbent Democratic Action Party (DAP) national organising secretary Loke Siew Fook and was defeated. Chong and his MCA Youth concedes defeat and is ready to position itself as the opposition to “keep an eye” on the new Pakatan Harapan Government.

Chong was born in Negeri Sembilan to Chong Fatt Yuen and Leaw Moi. His parents were rubber tappers. Chong is the youngest among seven siblings. As a child, Chong delivered newspapers to supplement his family’s income. He attended SJKC Kuo Min and he went on to spend eight years in SM Dato Mohd Said in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan. Chong graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Economics from National University of Malaysia in 1999.

Upon his graduation in 1999, Chong joined MCA in 2001. He won the MCA Youth chief’s post in 2013 and appointed as senator in 2014. In 2015 he was appointed as Deputy Minister of Education by the then-prime minister, Najib Razak, in a Cabinet reshuffle. Chong was reappointed as senator in 2017.

Datuk Chong Sin Woon (张盛闻 , born 25 December 1973) is a Malaysian politician from the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA). Chong is the present secretary-general of MCA, a major component party of the National Front (BN) coalition.