Datuk Teng Boon Soon is a Malaysian politician and is currently the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Tebrau constituency in the State of Johor. He is a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) party in the governing Barisan Nasional coalition.
Teng was elected to federal Parliament in the 2004 election, succeeding UMNO member Ali Hassan in the seat of Tebrau. After the 2008 election, he was appointed Deputy Minister for Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage by Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi. His ministerial post came under threat in November 2008 after he was defeated for a position on the MCA's Central Committee, and he was subsequently left out of the ministry named by incoming Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak in April 2009.
|
|