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Lee Ting Han
Malaysian politician and lawyer
Lee Ting Han (Chinese: 李廷汉; born c. 1990) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as Member of the Johor State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Menteri Besar Onn Hafiz Ghazi and Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Paloh since March 2022. He is a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party of the BN coalition. He is one of the only two Johor EXCO members of Chinese ethnicity and of MCA alongside Ling Tian Soon.
Lee had studied at the SMK Permas Jaya, Johor Bahru (SMKPJ) from 2003-2009 before continuing his studies at the University of Malaya where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in law.[1] He then continued his postgraduate study at University of Cambridge.[2][1]
Before flying to the United Kingdom, Lee briefly worked at the Prime Minister's Department.[1] A member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) which is also a composition of the Barisan Nasional (BN), he is working as the Special Function Officer to Wee Ka Siong, who has been serving as the Minister of Transport since 2020.[3]
In the 2022 Johor state election, Lee contested as the BN candidate for Paloh and defeated defending MLA Sheikh Umar Bagharib Ali of Pakatan Harapan (PH) and two other candidates .[4] He sworn as a Johor EXCO member on 26 March 2022.[5]