Pang Hok Liong

Pang born on 22 July 1957 at Labis, Segamat, Johor. He obtained his Masters of Law (LLM) from University College London and Barrister-At-Law of Lincoln's Inn, London.^[3] He is an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Courts of Malaya^[4] and practicing lawyer since 19 August 1986 currently practicing in C C Aiyathurai & Co., Segamat.^[5]

Pang previously contested for the Segamat seat in 2004 and 2008 general elections but had lost both the contests to Subramaniam Sathasivam from Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) of Barisan Nasional (BN). He did not participate in the 2013 general elections.

In the 2018 general election, Pang was finally elected to the MP for the Labis constituency, winning 16,977 of the 32,578 votes cast.^[6] He created history for winning the traditional Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)-BN stronghold for the first time by defeating the Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry then, Chua Tee Yong.^[7]

On 20 June 1991, during the opening ceremony of the Johor State Legislative Assembly at Dewan Tun Abdul Razak of the Sultan Ibrahim Building, the Sultan of Johor, Sultan Iskandar, punched and slapped Pang Hok Liong and Wong Peng Seng, who were both DAP members and Johor state assemblymen at the time. This was soon followed by another assault from the then-Crown Prince of Johor, Ibrahim Iskandar (now Sultan of Johor and the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong), who kicked Pang in his legs.^[8][9]

The incident was confirmed by the DAP central committee but no police report was ever made. It only came to public light during the 1993 constitutional crisis when the MP for Arau, Shahidan Kassim, listed out the alleged past crimes committed by the Johor royal family in the Parliament session on 19 January 1993, which was in the midst of debating the constitutional amendment bill to remove royal immunity.^[8][9]