Liew Vui Keong


Liew Vui Keong is a Malaysian politician. He was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Sandakan constituency in Sabah from 2008 until his defeat in the 2013 election. During his term in Parliament, he was a deputy minister in the federal government. He was the President of the Liberal Democratic Party from 2006 to 2014, when he was replaced by Teo Chee Kang in a rancorous internal dispute. Liew contested Teo's claim to the party's presidency with the Registrar of Societies. In 2018, Liew led around 200 LDP members to leave the party. He has since been appointed as a permanent chairman of Sabah Heritage Party since leaving the LDP. Currently, he is a former Minister in the Prime Minister's Department for Legal Affairs.

Political career

Criticism over ESSCOM

In 2016, Liew criticised the Eastern Sabah Security Command and said it is a "complete failure" especially with the continuous abduction and urging the security council should sit down with the stakeholders and lay out their weaknesses, including a need for a complete revamp of their standard operating procedures and how to deal with pirates and militant groups.

Capital punishment abolishment

Following the formation of a new Malaysian government and his subsequent appointment as a Minister in the Prime Minister's Department on law matters in 2018, he stated that the new Malaysia's government planning to abolish the mandatory capital punishment for all situation including in serious crimes which later been heavily opposed by many organisation and social groups in the country whose against a total abolition of the capital punishment due to the already high level of serious crimes.

Controversy

LDP's legal tangle

Liew had sacked 23 out of the 25 supreme council members as party members demanded top two positions to be contested. He was subsequently removed from his presidency post and was replaced by the sacked Secretary General Teo Chee Kang for his act of abuse of power in an attempt to consolidate his position as President. Liew's appeal to the Court of appeal over his removal from the presidency post was dismissed.

Elections

2013 general election

In the 2013 election, Liew faced Wong Tien Fatt of Democratic Action Party and lost his parliamentary seat.

2018 general election

In the 2018 election, Liew is field by his new party of WARISAN to contest the Batu Sapi parliamentary seat. He successfully won the seat by defeating Linda Tsen Thau Lin of United Sabah Party.

Election results

Honours

Honours of Malaysia