Pua is the former Malaysian CEO of Cyber Village Sdn Bhd, a SESDAQ (SGX second board)-listed company. In early 2007, he disposed of all his interests in the company and tendered his resignation to join the DAP in 2008.
After graduating from Oxford University, Pua worked for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) as a consultant. In March 1997, he started Cyber Village, an e-business consultancy.[5] Pua and three friends opened an office in Kuala Lumpur with four staff.[6]
Member of Parliament
On 9 November 2008, Pua was arrested during a candlelight vigil in Petaling Jaya to commemorate the first anniversary of the Bersih street demonstration.[7] Pua was released on police bail on the morning of 10 November 2008 and was later charged for illegal assembly.[8]
On 10 August 2010, Pua received a live 5.56mm bullet along with a threatening note that were mailed to his constituency service centre. Pua stated that the threat may have been related to his proposal to the Selangor government to cut Bumiputera discounts for homes and commercial property priced above RM 500,000 in the state.[9]
Defamation lawsuit
On 28 January 2011, Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (SYABAS) filed a lawsuit against Pua claiming he had permitted Nanyang Siang Pau's Metro edition to publish words defamatory of it. The article quoted him saying the Selangor state government should take over the rights of management of water supply in the state if water concessionaires could not settle their debts. Syabas claimed the report had brought the company into public scandal and its image had been tarnished. The lawsuit sought an injunction to prevent Pua or his agents from publishing defamatory words against the company, and general damages and cost.[10]
Pua argued that Syabas, as a public authority performing a public service, had no locus standi in making a defamation claim. He also said he had a legal, moral and social duty as an MP and a member of the Selangor government Water Review Panel to publish those words and that the public had a right to know. Pua also filed a counter-suit claiming Syabas' suit was frivolous, vexatious and amounted to an abuse of the court process, which resulted in him suffering losses and unnecessary harassment and expenses.[11]
On 6 June 2012, the Malaysian High Court found that SYABAS had proven its case against Pua and ordered him to pay RM200,000 in damages to SYABAS and awarded SYABAS interest at the rate of 4% per annum from the date of judgment till full payment and also costs. Justice Amelia Tee Hong Geok Abdullah also struck out Pua's counter-claim application and granted SYABAS an injunction to restrain Pua and his agents from further publishing or giving permission to be published "similar defamatory words" against SYABAS.[12] Pua later stated on his blog that he maintains "that the above statement is not defamatory, and will instruct my lawyers to file an appeal in the Court of Appeal".[13]
On 7 July 2012, Pua posted on his blog that although an appeal was underway, he was required to pay the amount of RM200,000 to SYABAS by 16 July 2012. DAP Malaysia subsequently initiated a mass fundraising campaign titled "RM1 for Water Rights: 100,000 Malaysians Support Tony Pua vs Syabas" calling for 100,000 Malaysians to donate RM1 each to help Pua pay for the damages to SYABAS.[14]
He subsequently won the Court of Appeal case. SYABAS appealed the decision to the Federal Court of Malaysia.[15] In the 2015 Federal Court case ([2015] 6 MLJ 187), Pua won the appeal based on the Lucas-Box principle by providing his own reasonable meaning to the impugned words.[16][17]
Publications
The Tiger that Lost its Roar, a tale of Malaysia's political economy.[18]
YB Pua with the team of Trader Malaysia, signed at PJ Startup Festival
In 2012, Pua suggested that the Bumiputera discount for housing and real estate must be abolished for houses above RM500,000. He disagreed with giving discounts on expensive houses such as those priced at or above RM 1 million.[27]
In one of his statements, Pua said the government should reduce the number of civil servants.[28] His idea was rejected by PKR leader Anwar Ibrahim as impractical. Pua said he wants to make the government sector become more efficient and less costly.[29]
Pua was invited by the organizers of the recent startup acceleration program held at Dewan Sivik.[30][31]
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^Pua, Tony (10 October 2008). "Arrested". Retrieved 2 February 2012.
^Ong, Andrew (10 October 2008). "Candlelight Vigil: All but One Freed". Retrieved 2 February 2012.
^Zalkapli, Adib (10 August 2010). . Archived from the original on 15 August 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
^Surach, G (11 February 2011). "Syabas chided over suit". Retrieved 2 February 2012.[permanent dead link]
^NA, NA (19 May 2011). . Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
^NA, NA (6 June 2012). "Tony Pua to pay Syabas RM200,000 over defamation suit". Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
^Pua, Tony (6 June 2012). "Tony Pua Ordered To Pay RM200,000 Damages to SYABAS". Retrieved 20 July 2012.
^Pua, Tony (7 July 2012). "100,000 Malaysians Support TonyPua vs SYABAS". Retrieved 20 July 2012.
^TARIQ, QISHIN. "Tony Pua wins appeal against Syabas defamation suit (Updated)". The Star. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
^"Reynolds' Privilege and Lucas Box | Thomas Philip Advocates and Solicitors, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia". www.thomasphilip.com.my. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
^September 21, theedgemarkets com / theedgemarkets com; Pm +08, 2015 19:49 (21 September 2015). "Federal Court throws out Syabas' appeal, upholds Pua not liable for defamation". The Edge Markets. Retrieved 17 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^Pua, Tony (3 June 2011). ""The Tiger that Lost its Roar" – Petaling Jaya Book Launch!". Retrieved 31 January 2012.
^"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 27 May 2010. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
^"Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 19 April 2013. Results only available from the 2004 election (GE11).
^"KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 24 March 2017.Results only available for the 2013 election.
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^. Utusan Malaysia. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
^"SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
^"The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
^Diskaun Bumiputera: PAS Selangor tidak selesa syor Tony Pua 14 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^Tan, Joceline (18 February 2007). . Archived from the original on 22 February 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
^YUEN MEIKENG and RAHIMY RAHIM . "Anwar: No to reducing Civil service"[permanent dead link], Kuala Lumpur, 10 November 2011. Retrieved on 25 February 2013.
Member of Parliament for Damansara 9 May 2018–present
Incumbent
February 25, 2023
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately especially if potentially libelous or harmful Find sources Tony Pua news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message In this Chinese name the family name is Pua 潘 Tony Pua Kiam Wee simplified Chinese 潘俭伟 traditional Chinese 潘儉偉 pinyin Pan Jiǎnwei Pe h ōe ji Phoaⁿ Khiam ui born 1 August 1972 is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament MP for Damansara from May 2018 to November 2022 for Petaling Jaya Utara from March 2008 to May 2018 and Political Secretary to the Minister of Finance from May 2018 to February 2020 He is a member of the Democratic Action Party DAP a component party of presently the Pakatan Harapan PH and formerly Pakatan Rakyat PR coalitions He has also served as Policy Advisor to the Secretary General of DAP since May 2022 Tony Pua潘俭伟Pua in 2019Member of the Malaysian Parliament for DamansaraIn office 9 May 2018 19 November 2022Preceded byPosition establishedSucceeded byGobind Singh Deo PH DAP Majority106 903 2018 Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Petaling Jaya UtaraIn office 8 March 2008 9 May 2018Preceded byChew Mei Fun BN MCA Succeeded byPosition abolishedMajority19 972 2008 44 672 2013 Political Secretary to the Minister of FinanceIn office 22 May 2018 24 February 2020Serving with Ong Kian MingMonarchsMuhammad V 2018 2019 Abdullah 2019 2020 Prime MinisterMahathir MohamadMinisterLim Guan EngSucceeded byRizam IsmailPolicy Advisor to the Secretary General of the Democratic Action PartyIncumbentAssumed office 18 May 2022Secretary GeneralAnthony Loke Siew FookPersonal detailsBornTony Pua Kiam Wee 1972 08 01 1 August 1972 age 50 Batu Pahat Johor Malaysia 1 Political partyDemocratic Action Party DAP since 2008 Other politicalaffiliationsPakatan Rakyat PR 2008 2015 Pakatan Harapan PH since 2015 Alma materKeble College OxfordOccupationPolitician investorWebsitetonypua wbr comPua is the former Malaysian CEO of Cyber Village Sdn Bhd a SESDAQ SGX second board listed company In early 2007 he disposed of all his interests in the company and tendered his resignation to join the DAP in 2008 Pua graduated from Keble College Oxford with a degree in Philosophy Politics and Economics under a scholarship from the MTC Foundation in 1994 Before that he received Asean and Shaw Foundation scholarships to pursue his O and A Levels in Raffles Institution and Raffles Junior College in Singapore In the 2008 Malaysian general election Pua won the parliamentary constituency of Petaling Jaya Utara on a DAP ticket He ran against the incumbent Chew Mei Fun then Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Women Family and Community Development and Deputy Women Chief of the Malaysian Chinese Association MCA 2 In 2009 Pua was appointed the DAP member of the Pakatan Rakyat PR committee Pua retained his parliamentary seat in 2018 general election with a majority of 106 903 the largest majority in Malaysian history 3 Contents 1 Education 2 Early career 3 Member of Parliament 4 Defamation lawsuit 5 Publications 6 Election results 7 Policies 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksEducation EditPua attended a secondary school in Singapore on an ASEAN scholarship from the Singaporean government He attended Raffles Institution and Raffles Junior College He then went to Oxford University England where he studied philosophy politics and economics at Keble College on an MTC Foundation scholarship 4 Early career EditAfter graduating from Oxford University Pua worked for Andersen Consulting now Accenture as a consultant In March 1997 he started Cyber Village an e business consultancy 5 Pua and three friends opened an office in Kuala Lumpur with four staff 6 Member of Parliament EditOn 9 November 2008 Pua was arrested during a candlelight vigil in Petaling Jaya to commemorate the first anniversary of the Bersih street demonstration 7 Pua was released on police bail on the morning of 10 November 2008 and was later charged for illegal assembly 8 On 10 August 2010 Pua received a live 5 56mm bullet along with a threatening note that were mailed to his constituency service centre Pua stated that the threat may have been related to his proposal to the Selangor government to cut Bumiputera discounts for homes and commercial property priced above RM 500 000 in the state 9 Defamation lawsuit EditOn 28 January 2011 Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor SYABAS filed a lawsuit against Pua claiming he had permitted Nanyang Siang Pau s Metro edition to publish words defamatory of it The article quoted him saying the Selangor state government should take over the rights of management of water supply in the state if water concessionaires could not settle their debts Syabas claimed the report had brought the company into public scandal and its image had been tarnished The lawsuit sought an injunction to prevent Pua or his agents from publishing defamatory words against the company and general damages and cost 10 Pua argued that Syabas as a public authority performing a public service had no locus standi in making a defamation claim He also said he had a legal moral and social duty as an MP and a member of the Selangor government Water Review Panel to publish those words and that the public had a right to know Pua also filed a counter suit claiming Syabas suit was frivolous vexatious and amounted to an abuse of the court process which resulted in him suffering losses and unnecessary harassment and expenses 11 On 6 June 2012 the Malaysian High Court found that SYABAS had proven its case against Pua and ordered him to pay RM200 000 in damages to SYABAS and awarded SYABAS interest at the rate of 4 per annum from the date of judgment till full payment and also costs Justice Amelia Tee Hong Geok Abdullah also struck out Pua s counter claim application and granted SYABAS an injunction to restrain Pua and his agents from further publishing or giving permission to be published similar defamatory words against SYABAS 12 Pua later stated on his blog that he maintains that the above statement is not defamatory and will instruct my lawyers to file an appeal in the Court of Appeal 13 On 7 July 2012 Pua posted on his blog that although an appeal was underway he was required to pay the amount of RM200 000 to SYABAS by 16 July 2012 DAP Malaysia subsequently initiated a mass fundraising campaign titled RM1 for Water Rights 100 000 Malaysians Support Tony Pua vs Syabas calling for 100 000 Malaysians to donate RM1 each to help Pua pay for the damages to SYABAS 14 He subsequently won the Court of Appeal case SYABAS appealed the decision to the Federal Court of Malaysia 15 In the 2015 Federal Court case 2015 6 MLJ 187 Pua won the appeal based on the Lucas Box principle by providing his own reasonable meaning to the impugned words 16 17 Publications EditThe Tiger that Lost its Roar a tale of Malaysia s political economy 18 Election results EditParliament of Malaysia 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent s Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout2008 P106 Petaling Jaya Utara Selangor Tony Pua DAP 37 851 67 92 Chew Mei Fun MCA 17 879 32 08 56 257 19 972 73 47 2013 Tony Pua DAP 57 407 81 84 Chew Hoong Ling MCA 12 735 18 16 70 727 44 672 82 82 2018 P106 Damansara Selangor Tony Pua DAP 121 283 89 00 Ho Kwok Xheng MCA 14 380 10 55 137 639 106 903 83 76 Wong Mun Kheong PRM 617 0 45 Policies Edit YB Pua with the team of Trader Malaysia signed at PJ Startup Festival In 2012 Pua suggested that the Bumiputera discount for housing and real estate must be abolished for houses above RM500 000 He disagreed with giving discounts on expensive houses such as those priced at or above RM 1 million 27 In one of his statements Pua said the government should reduce the number of civil servants 28 His idea was rejected by PKR leader Anwar Ibrahim as impractical Pua said he wants to make the government sector become more efficient and less costly 29 Pua was invited by the organizers of the recent startup acceleration program held at Dewan Sivik 30 31 See also EditDamansara federal constituency References Edit in Chinese 從政理念簡單踏實 潘儉偉要幫助更多人 1 June 2008 Sinchew Jitpoh Pua Tony 23 February 2008 Tony Pua for Parliament Retrieved 25 February 2008 Malaysia elections Damansara parliamentary seat sees biggest victory margin Bernama The Straits Times 10 May 2018 Retrieved 13 May 2018 Tan Joceline 18 February 2007 From cyber world to arena of politics Archived from the original on 6 October 2012 Retrieved 31 January 2012 From cyber world to arena of politics 18 February 2007 The Star Tan Mary Anne 20 July 2001 Cyber Village does MSC proud Archived from the original on 11 February 2012 Retrieved 15 February 2012 Pua Tony 10 October 2008 Arrested Retrieved 2 February 2012 Ong Andrew 10 October 2008 Candlelight Vigil All but One Freed Retrieved 2 February 2012 Zalkapli Adib 10 August 2010 Pua gets bullet in mail death threat Archived from the original on 15 August 2010 Retrieved 2 February 2012 Surach G 11 February 2011 Syabas chided over suit Retrieved 2 February 2012 permanent dead link NA NA 19 May 2011 PJ Utara MP Tony Pua withdraws bid to dismiss Syabas defamation suit Archived from the original on 6 July 2011 Retrieved 2 February 2012 NA NA 6 June 2012 Tony Pua to pay Syabas RM200 000 over defamation suit Archived from the original on 21 February 2013 Retrieved 20 July 2012 Pua Tony 6 June 2012 Tony Pua Ordered To Pay RM200 000 Damages to SYABAS Retrieved 20 July 2012 Pua Tony 7 July 2012 100 000 Malaysians Support TonyPua vs SYABAS Retrieved 20 July 2012 TARIQ QISHIN Tony Pua wins appeal against Syabas defamation suit Updated The Star Retrieved 17 April 2022 Reynolds Privilege and Lucas Box Thomas Philip Advocates and Solicitors Kuala Lumpur Malaysia www thomasphilip com my Retrieved 17 April 2022 September 21 theedgemarkets com theedgemarkets com Pm 08 2015 19 49 21 September 2015 Federal Court throws out Syabas appeal upholds Pua not liable for defamation The Edge Markets Retrieved 17 April 2022 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link Pua Tony 3 June 2011 The Tiger that Lost its Roar Petaling Jaya Book Launch Retrieved 31 January 2012 Malaysia Decides 2008 The Star Malaysia Retrieved 3 January 2010 Results only available from the 2004 election Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen Dewan Undangan Negeri Election Commission of Malaysia Retrieved 27 May 2010 Percentage figures based on total turnout Malaysia General Election undiinfo Malaysian Election Data Malaysiakini Retrieved 19 April 2013 Results only available from the 2004 election GE11 KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13 Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum in Malay Election Commission of Malaysia Retrieved 24 March 2017 Results only available for the 2013 election my undi Kawasan amp Calon Calon PRU13 Keputusan PRU13 Archived copy www myundi com my Archived from the original on 31 March 2014 Retrieved 9 April 2014 Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke 13 Utusan Malaysia Archived from the original on 21 March 2018 Retrieved 26 October 2014 SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE 14 in Malay Election Commission of Malaysia Retrieved 17 May 2018 Percentage figures based on total turnout The Star Online GE14 The Star Retrieved 24 May 2018 Percentage figures based on total turnout Diskaun Bumiputera PAS Selangor tidak selesa syor Tony Pua Archived 14 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine Tan Joceline 18 February 2007 From cyber world to arena of politics Archived from the original on 22 February 2007 Retrieved 31 January 2012 YUEN MEIKENG and RAHIMY RAHIM Anwar No to reducing Civil service permanent dead link Kuala Lumpur 10 November 2011 Retrieved on 25 February 2013 PJ Startup Festival 2019 Ismail Shafiqah 19 February 2019 The second PJ Startup Festival is happening this February 2019 Retrieved 10 March 2019 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tony Pua Official website EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA an education oriented blog written by Tony Pua and Kian Ming Ong Parliament of MalaysiaPreceded byChew Mei Fun Member of Parliament for Petaling Jaya Utara8 March 2008 7 April 2018 Constituency eliminatedPreceded byChew Mei Fun Member of Parliament for Damansara9 May 2018 present Incumbent Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tony Pua amp oldid 1135509690, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
