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Mary Yap Kain Ching

PEP · Politician

Mary Yap Kain Ching is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Mary Yap · Mary Yap Kain Ching · 叶娟呈				[sources]
Alias	叶娟呈 · 葉娟呈				[sources]
Birth date	1951-03-10				[sources]
Place of birth	Tawau				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Malaysia				[sources]
Citizenship	Malaysia				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Mary				[sources]
Last name	Yap				[sources]
Political association	Parti Bersatu Sabah				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q20456750				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Dewan Rakyat (member, 2013-2018) · Member of the Dewan Rakyat				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-08	Last processed	2026-04-27	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Malaysian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

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Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,466

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories343,748

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons278,406

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata331,707

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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