Biography
Wee Ka Siong (born 20 October 1968 in Jasin, Malacca) is the president of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) and has been the Member of Parliament for Ayer Hitam since 2004. He served as Minister of Transport from March 2020 to November 2022, across the Perikatan Nasional government of Muhyiddin Yassin and the Barisan Nasional government of Ismail Sabri Yaakob. Born into a Hakka family and raised in Tampin, Negeri Sembilan, Wee is a civil engineer by training. He studied civil engineering at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, took a master's in traffic engineering at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and completed a doctorate in transportation planning at UTM in 2001. He is a registered engineer with the Board of Engineers Malaysia. He entered parliament in 2004 and served as Deputy Minister of Education and later as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in Barisan Nasional governments from 2008 until the coalition's defeat in 2018. Within MCA he was youth chief from 2008, deputy president from 2013, and has been president since November 2018. Wee's position is unusual in recent Malaysian politics. In the 2018 general election he was the only MCA candidate returned to parliament, and from 2020 to 2022 he was the sole ethnic Chinese minister and the sole MCA representative in cabinet — a reflection of the collapse in the party's support that followed decades in which it was the main Chinese component of the governing coalition. As Transport Minister his tenure included the reversal of the cabotage policy exemption for foreign ships repairing undersea cables, a decision that drew sustained criticism from the technology sector.
Constituencies (1)
Electoral track record
| Year | Party | Votes | % | Majority | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | MCA | 18,911 | 40.50% | — | Won |
| 2018 | BN | 17,076 | 43.98% | — | Won |
| 2013 | BN | 22,045 | 59.94% | — | Won |
| 2008 | BN | 20,230 | 76.19% | — | Won |
| 2004 | BN | 20,065 | 82.34% | — | Won |
Parliamentary activity
From 249 Dewan Rakyat sittings- 3 Mar 2026· Sitting 201Present
- 2 Mar 2026· Sitting 19Present
- 26 Feb 2026· Sitting 18Present
- 25 Feb 2026· Sitting 17Present
- 24 Feb 2026· Sitting 16Present
- 23 Feb 2026· Sitting 15Present
- 12 Feb 2026· Sitting 14Present
- 11 Feb 2026· Sitting 13Present
- 10 Feb 2026· Sitting 12Present
- 9 Feb 2026· Sitting 11Present
- 5 Feb 2026· Sitting 10Present
- 4 Feb 2026· Sitting 9Present
- Rang Undang-undang Perlembagaan Persekutuan (Pindaan) 20262 Mar 2026Yes
- Division4 Nov 2025Yes
- RANG UNDANG-UNDANG PERLEMBAGAAN (PINDAAN) 20254 Mar 2025Yes
- RANG UNDANG-UNDANG PERLEMBAGAAN (PINDAAN) 20254 Mar 2025Yes
- RANG UNDANG-UNDANG PERLEMBAGAAN (PINDAAN) 202417 Oct 2024Yes
- RANG UNDANG-UNDANG PERLEMBAGAAN (PINDAAN) 202417 Oct 2024Yes
- RANG UNDANG-UNDANG SURUHANJAYA PENERBANGAN MALAYSIA (PEMBUBARAN) 202426 Jun 2024No
Attendance, participation & recorded votes extracted from official Hansard records.
Connections (307)
Explore network- Anwar IbrahimPKR100% aligned
- Ahmad Zahid HamidiUMNO100% aligned
- Fadillah YusofPBB100% aligned
- Mohamad SabuAMANAH100% aligned
- Mohamed Khaled NordinUMNO100% aligned
- Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad100% aligned
- Fadhlina SidekPKR100% aligned
- Armizan Mohd Ali100% aligned
- Tiong King SingPDP100% aligned
- Akmal NasirPKR100% aligned
News sentiment over time
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News mentions
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Tan Sri Lim Sing's passing a great loss to the nation, says Dr Wee - The Star
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MOF: No plans yet to financially support AirAsia
The Malaysian Finance Ministry states there are no current plans to financially support AirAsia despite the airline's financial pressures…
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Finance Ministry says no commitment to bail out AirAsia
Kementerian Kewangan menyatakan tidak ada komitmen untuk menyokong kewangan AirAsia melalui jaminan, pinjaman atau dana awam, dan…
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Tiada persetujuan beri AirAsia sokongan kewangan, kata kerajaan
Menteri Kewangan Anwar Ibrahim menyatakan kerajaan belum memberikan persetujuan sokongan kewangan kepada AirAsia, tetapi akan memantau…
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No agreement to support AirAsia financially, says govt
The government has not made any agreement or commitment to offer financial support to AirAsia, whether in the form of guarantees, loans or…
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