Preceded by Wong Nai Chee Name Sim Him | Occupation Politician Majority 11,390 | |
Born | ||
Political party Democratic Action Party | ||
Sim tong him pru13 election manifesto
Sim Tong Him (simplified Chinese: 沈同钦; traditional Chinese: 沈同欽; pinyin: Shěn Tóng Qīn; born 8 September 1948) is a Malaysian politician. Currently he is an independent Member of Parliament for Kota Melaka, Malacca, after winning by beating Wong Nai Chee of Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) with a majority 11,390 vote in the 12th Malaysian general election.
Contents
He is also a relative of the Malaysian Chinese educationist Datuk Sim Mow Yu.
He had been the Democratic Action Party (DAP) chairman for Malacca state until 19 December 2005 and was succeeded by Goh Leong San in the hotly contested internal election, which saw DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng and his wife Betty Chew get the lowest number of votes out of 15 candidates, thus causing Chew to lose her seat on the Malacca DAP committee entirely.
Both Sim and Goh party membership was suspended for one-year suspension on 16 February 2016, reportedly for disparaging the party. On 12 February 2017, Sim, along with three other DAP Malacca state assemblymen namely Goh (Duyong), Lim Jack Wong (Bachang), and Chin Choong Seong (Kesidang) announced their resignation from the party to be Independent, citing lack of trust in the party leadership.