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Chan Kong Choy

PEP · Politician

Chan Kong Choy 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	Chan Kong Choy · تشان هونغ تشوي · 陈广才				[sources]
Alias	陈广才 · 陳廣才				[sources]
Birth date	1955-05-17				[sources]
Place of birth	Bentong				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Malaysia				[sources]
Citizenship	Malaysia				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Political association	Malaysian Chinese Association				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q5070330				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	enwiki.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Dewan Rakyat (member, 2004-2008) · Member of the Dewan Rakyat				[sources]
Education	Universiti Malaya				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Malaysian politician

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

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Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,558

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,548

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,763

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata327,373

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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