Ngeh Koo Ham

A native of Ayer Tawar, Perak, Ngeh Koo Ham comes from an old Ayer Tawar Methodist family. His parents were rubber tappers. He was christened James by the late Rev. Koh Gie Bing. As a student, he was active in the Methodist Youth Fellowship and later with the Persatuan Kristian Varsiti (PKV, part of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students) at Universiti Malaya. He has also served on the Local Church Executive Council (LCEC) of the Ayer Tawar Chinese Methodist Church (ATCMC) and provided legal counsel to the Methodist Church in Malaysia. He is a regular communicant member of ATCMC where he often also provides translation during Sunday worship. He practiced as a lawyer with Nga Hock Cheh and Co. before starting his own law firm, Ngeh and Co, headquartered in Ayer Tawar, with branches in Ipoh, Perak and Kuala Lumpur.